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- The Centre Region Active Adult Center is a vibrant,

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inclusive, and happening location designed

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for active adults 55 years and over to be social

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and participate in new experiences while

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also staying close to home.

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We promote healthy aging through our many activities

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and health forums, as well as lifelong learning

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through classes and social interaction

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that suit almost any lifestyle.

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Whether you prefer line dancing followed by a walk

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or a game of bridge and a meal,

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the center is sure to have something for you.

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Visit crpr.org for more info.

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- You are watching CNET Center County's Government

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and Educational Access Network.

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- I would like to call to order the September 14th, 2026

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regular board meeting

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of the State College Area

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School District Board of Directors.

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If everyone could please rise for the Pledge

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of Allegiance if you are able

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- Pledge allegiance to the United States of America

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Republic, which stands One Nation under God,

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Liberty and Justice for.

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- Thank you. I'd like

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to welcome everyone joining us this evening, both in person

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and remotely, board members with the agenda.

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Before you, do you have any changes

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you'd like to ask for Deb?

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- Yes. Just gimme a second microphone.

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I would like to pull microphone pull. Sorry.

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- I would like to pull item seven

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B out of consent so that we can talk about it

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and vote on it separately.

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- Okay. So that will be,

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- So seven B from consent.

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So that'll be action

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item G, is that right?

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Yes. Okay. Yep. All right.

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So that, that will be pulled from consent

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and moved to action Item G.

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Any other changes or requests board?

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Alright, in that case, I'd like

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to call on the board secretary

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to conduct a Roll Call of the board members.

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- Dr. Anderson. Here. Dr. Bader? Here. Dr. Barlow? Here.

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Ms. Black? Here. Dr. Dmo? Here. Ms. Damaris? Here. Ms. Huff.

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Is she online? Okay. Dr.

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Lo on here. Dr. Miller

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Thank you Lynn. We have two special

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recognitions this evening.

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The Pennsylvania School Boards Association, honor Roll

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of School Board Service proudly recognizes

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and celebrates school board directors for their years

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of dedicated service to their district's, school district,

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communities, and public education.

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Tonight we are pleased to honor Dr. Deborah Anderson and Ms.

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Jackie Huff. For five years of service

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to the State College Area School District Board

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of School directors for five years, Dr.

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Anderson and Ms. Huff have generously given their time,

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leadership and expertise

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and service to our students, staff, families, and community.

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Their commitment to the betterment

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of public education is reflected in the thoughtful way

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they approach their responsibilities

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and in their dedication to ensuring

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that our schools continue to provide opportunities

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for every student to learn, grow, and succeed.

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School board service is both a privilege

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and a significant responsibility requiring countless hours

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of preparation, thoughtful deliberation,

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and a steadfast commitment

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to the long-term success of our schools.

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We are grateful for the time

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and energy they have devoted to this important work

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and for the positive impact they continue

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to make on the State College Area School District.

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Please join us in congratulating Dr.

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Deborah Anderson and Ms.

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Jackie Huff and thanking them for five years

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of dedicated service to our district

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and to public education.

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This time I'd like to invite the board to join Deb

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and Jackie also for a photo

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to commemorate the special recognition.

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- We'll do all this, we'll do all next time. Okay. Okay.

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- I'm gonna give this to David.

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- Okay. You have to get it in your bag though

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for the next,

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okay, here we go.

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- I would now like to call on Mr. Johnson

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for the Superintendent update.

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- Thank you. And an excellent opportunity for

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purchasing or selling musical instruments is tomorrow,

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on Tuesday, September 15th,

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the State College music boosters will hold its annual used

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instrument sale for district families

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and the public from seven to 8:30 PM in the Mount

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Middle School cafeteria.

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The sale helps support the district's award winning music

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program by offering affordable choices

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for students of all ages.

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- Alright. Thank you, Mr. Johnson. Sanam.

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Yma is here with us this evening

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to provide an update on student

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initiatives across the district.

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- Hello. We are incredibly proud

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of our agriculture science students

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who represented state high at the Centre County

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Grange Fair last month.

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From live livestock to poultry to horses, rabbits,

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and more, our students demonstrated tremendous hard work,

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dedication, and passion throughout the week.

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Their accomplishments in the show ring showmanship,

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competitions, livestock judging,

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and other fair, fair activities are something to celebrate.

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Congratulations to all

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of our students on their outstanding performances. Alright,

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Sonam. Is Jackie with us yet? No. No. Okay.

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Then we'll move on from the Legislative

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update. Just, oh, can

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- I, can I, oh - Yeah, go right ahead.

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- Thanks. So during our last meeting,

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I mentioned the importance of our obligations for changes

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due to the omnibus school code amendments,

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and I'm happy to report

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that the policy community has made good progress

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and we'll address the most pressing policies

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tomorrow and next month.

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I know like the Superintendent

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and admin have other plans in place

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and are working on those,

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but I just wanted

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to let everyone know we are moving in a good direction

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with policy and underscore for the public that we wanted.

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to meet our obligation under the Omnibus

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Amendments. So, thank you.

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- Thanks, Anne. Jesse, do you have any updates from COG?

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No. There there have, there's,

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there have been no developments.

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Okay. In that case, we now have time for Public Comment.

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Each individual will be allotted up to three minutes

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for items related to board business that are not a consent

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or action item this evening.

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For those items, Public Comment will be held just prior

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to voting on that item, please state your name

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and where you reside in the district.

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to make a Public Comment this evening?

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No. Alright.

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Anyone present who would like to make a Public Comment? Yes.

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Come on up, sir. Please give us your name

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and where you reside in the district.

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- My name, good evening. My name is Dick Anderson.

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I'm a long time resident of State College

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and have resided in various places

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around State College.

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I looking at you all I know you're thinking, oh no.

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Here he is again. Right? Same old stuff.

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Well, I'm here to tell you, it is the same old stuff, right?

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I, I wanna address the Jewish holiday

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and I wanna be clear, as I said

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before, I am in full support of the Jewish people.

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I have a great deal of respect for them.

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Many Jewish friends

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and everyone I spoke to really agree with my approach.

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I think you have conflated the Jewish holiday,

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young Kaur Kaur Act 80 teacher's,

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attendance and athletics.

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I think you've confused them all this year.

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You've disrupted two days in the athletic schedule,

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particularly football,

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because football is the, the most, the most complicated

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of all and deserves the most attention and coaching.

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I think that's obvious, even to those

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who may be not ath athletically inclined.

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I know we have, maybe the majority here are in that mindset,

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and, but I think we do have a few

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that are very much in tuned.

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I think when we talk about the two days Monday,

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no practice not permitted,

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change the JV game to Tuesday.

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So those kids would get an opportunity,

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at least they get an opportunity to the young ones to play.

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But you disrupt the whole varsity practice.

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So in a sense, one day, no practice during the week,

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a second day disrupted.

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I think one of the things that we want,

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I would hope you would agree, is that we want all our kids

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to perform to the, the best potential

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possible for each one of them.

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Whether that be in the classroom,

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extracurricular activities,

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on the football field, wherever it may be.

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I think that's what we want for our young people.

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This is not helping them.

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This is not, and philosophically, I think you're really

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looking at punishing them in some way

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because you're taking something from

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them as well as the coaches.

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The coaches want badly for those kids to perform well.

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They want 'em to be safe. And safety also is incurred here.

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A couple of things happened along the way.

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Well, many things I want to point out. Couple,

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- Sir, - Mr. In conversations,

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- Thank you for your comment.

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Your time is up. Mr. Anderson,

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- What is it now?

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Two minutes. Three.

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- Three minutes. - There's three minutes.

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Three minutes I spoke.

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Yep. Well, both CJ and Jonathan Buker to some degree.

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All right. Have been cooperative with me.

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But at the same time, they've made statements

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that are not good statements, alright?

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And they, they really deserve to be looked at.

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CJ doesn't think practice is important to miss a more day.

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And he, he knows better. He's an athlete, was an athlete.

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Jonathan wants to conflate and take Christmas

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and Easter. Thank for your comment and

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- Compare. Thank you for your

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- Confidence, Mr.

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and there's no competition

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- Where it's, - So I would think

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that maybe you guys would take this into consideration

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and maybe as you go forward, you take the time

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to consider these things you're not doing.

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Our coaches and athletes do justice.

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Anderson. Is there anyone else present who would like

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to make a Public Comment this evening?

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Is there anyone online who'd like

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to make a Public Comment this evening?

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Alright, in that case, we will move on

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to our Consent Agenda, which includes several items

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that we will address with a single motion for approval

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to facilitate any questions

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or discussion, we'll go through each category individually.

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Please raise your hand if you need clarification on any

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items as I present each group.

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First is consent, approval of minutes. Any edits there?

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Alright. Second, we have consent for operations.

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As a reminder, consent item seven B has been

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moved to an action item.

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changes in that regard?

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All right. And finally, we have consent

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for instructional programs with 3D,

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language development resource, letters

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of professional development,

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facilitator training, and student travel. Any, Debbie

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- Had her hand up, but I do as well. Okay.

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- Debbie, go ahead. - Thanks.

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I just had one question on the L-E-T-R-S

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facilitator training,

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because I'm not familiar with it myself.

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I just was curious, is once the individual is trained,

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are they now a facilitator for life

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or is this a, like, is it a one and done

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or is it something that has to be redone every year

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or every three years or every, you know, to,

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to keep up their facilitator

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certification? Tanya's on

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- As well.

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Okay.

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- And I'm really only asking

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'cause like I, I wasn't sure if the term

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of one year meant it's a one year training

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or if it's you're only trained

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- Year.

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No, once for one year. Once they're trained, they are,

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they can be a facilitator

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forever for the foreseeable future.

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Perfect. For as long as they are employed with us.

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- I was hoping that was the case.

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Yes. But I just thought I should check

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- To make sure.

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It's definitely an investment, but we have that then

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for as long as we need it.

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- Perfect. Thank you. - Thanks, Megan.

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- So my question was somewhat similar, what the,

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the duration of their train, the trainer status is.

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And, and that brings us to currently,

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I know it can change based on people's position

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or if they stay within the district,

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but how many facilitators do we have in-house?

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Would it just be that one person or additional?

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- We have one, one other administrator

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who is a certified trainer at this point.

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And then this will give us the additional opportunity

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to have another, we would ideally like to have more,

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but it is an investment and it also is very time consuming.

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So the goal is to see which percentage

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of our staff we can train with our current two trainers

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and then evaluate to see if it's needed

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to add additional facilitators down the road.

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- So when you say it's very time intensive for them

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to get the certification or, and

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or also to then implement the training for staff

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- And or Yeah, - Yeah, that's what I kind of figured.

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- Yeah. They have to go through letters themselves

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as a participant first,

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and then they have to do the year long facilitator training.

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But we also try to balance that the, the Robin

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who is doing the training moving forward.

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She's not in a traditional classroom role,

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but we always try to balance pooling teacher support

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and student support to run those trainings during the day.

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- So yeah. So that leads me to my final question,

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which is really a little rhetorical

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and not necessarily for a specific answer,

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but knowing that letters has become our foundational

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literacy program that we use, it meets our requirements

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for, is it 44 or 55?

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I always get them back. Flip flop.

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But the state requirements regarding literacy, knowing

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that we're going to continue to want our teachers

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to have this kind of training.

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My rhetorical question is, you know, as we fill positions

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and as we recruit teachers

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and other things, at what point does this become one of our

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highly preferred ver versus required types of training?

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Obviously teachers coming out of, directly out

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of teacher training may not have been trained,

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but trying to have some kind of effort where we're,

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we're trying to get teachers who have, you know, this kind

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of training already in place

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or comparable training so that we are, you know,

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utilizing everybody's time to the maximum

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and also bringing in teachers who are,

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are skilled in what we need in the classroom.

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So just as we allocate resources,

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that's just important thought about how we

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manage staff. So thanks.

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- Yeah, I think we're in agreeance with that

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and we definitely prefer candidates who already have

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that experience and can bring that.

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And we'll work, continue to work with HR to figure out

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how we accomplish that long term.

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Great.

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- Okay. Other questions, comments?

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No, I would now like to call for motion

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to approve Consent Agenda item six through eight.

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There's a, a motion and a second.

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So moved Barlow seat or second?

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We have a motion and a second. Any

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additional questions or comments?

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Is there any Public Comment about

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our Consent Agenda this evening?

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No seeing none. Board members in favor, please say aye. Aye.

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Aye. Any opposed? The motion carries.

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Moving on to our action items agenda item nine A is a motion

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to approve the candidates for the 2027 PSBA officer.

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Oh, sorry. Are we gonna talk about this one that was pulled?

363
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We're gonna, that's gonna be an action item G. Okay. Yep.

364
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Okay, thanks. Yep. Moving on to, sorry.

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So nine A is a motion to approve the candidates

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for the 2027 PSBA officer election.

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All candidates are running uncontested,

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so please let me know if you have any concerns.

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This is shown in attachment nine A.

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May I have a motion and a second please?

371
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- Anderson moved. - Anderson second. Alright,

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- We have a motion and a second.

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Any questions or discussion about this uncontested election?

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Alright, is there any Public Comment about this action item?

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No. Board members in favor please say aye. Aye. Aye.

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Any opposed? The motion carries.

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Agenda item nine B is a motion

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to approve the Park Forest Middle School declaration

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of stormwater easement.

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This is shown in attachment nine B.

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May I have a motion and a second please?

382
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- Barlow second. - All right,

383
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we have a motion and a second.

384
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I believe there were a few questions

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and comments for discussion. Did you wanna start Deb?

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- Sure. I sent my question to Mike

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over the weekend and my understanding is it's being

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looked at, but on page four,

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item one C, the wording is just messed up.

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There is clearly a typo of some sort

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and there's a sentence fragment or two.

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- It was, it was corrected.

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We, we reached out to the Township and it was corrected.

394
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Okay. It should be in the corrected document on the agenda.

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- So let me get back out.

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That might require rebooting my, I just wanna make sure

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so if someone's faster than me, check

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to see if it's fixed. Well,

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- So I just opened it up maybe a minute ago when was a

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correct because it still says period

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after municipal engineer

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and then starts with maybe placed within

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the stormwater easement.

404
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- It's like you have to get outboard docks

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and sometimes you have to reboot your computer,

406
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- Reboot the computer.

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- I don't know that for sure, but sometimes that's

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what I need to do to clear the cache.

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So if there's a quicker way to clear the cache, let me know.

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Okay. So if it's fixed, that's great.

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That was my concern on that one.

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I don't really wanna reboot

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my computer because it's gonna take

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- A while.

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I can, I can read you exactly what was, that would be great.

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So the, the, the language

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may be placed within the storm water easement as described,

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which would impede or alter the use of said easement.

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That language has been removed so that the,

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the actual, it makes sense.

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- So it just ends at the period. Correct.

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- And it was updated. You're not in the right spot. Okay.

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One echo. Any other, is that in the email?

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Is that in the email you sent us

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- Today?

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This? Yeah, yours still says the wrong thing. Yeah,

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- So my version of the agenda is still the,

428
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- Okay.

429
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Okay. So if it's been fixed, that's great.

430
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I'll see if I can get to it.

431
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- Yeah. Ann, talk amongst

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- Your, and I apologize, I'm not a contract expert

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and so I'm gonna ask really basic questions just

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so I can make sure I'm understanding what I'm voting on.

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So for four on page three

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it says the patent Township shall not in any way be

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responsible for the uptake and maintenance developer

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and its successor or assign agree to indemnify

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and hold patent Township harmless for any loss

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or injury incurred.

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I understand from talking with Randy that

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that is just a normal part of the contract,

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but I just wanted to say all that aloud so

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that I could just feel confident moving forward.

445
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So, and I talked to Scott briefly

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before, so that's all just normal.

447
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Thanks. Okay. Alright.

448
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- Okay. Yeah, we, we own the easement, so,

449
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- Yep.

450
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- Okay, great. Thanks. Alright,

451
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- Other questions or comments about this action item?

452
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Alright, is there any Public Comment about this action item?

453
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No. Board members in favor please say aye. Aye. Aye.

454
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Any opposed? That motion carries?

455
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- Yeah, I did. Motion, Jesse. Okay.

456
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I know I motion, but I think Jesse,

457
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- Yeah, yeah.

458
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Okay. Motion is, yeah, we had a motion a second

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to opposed, right.

460
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Okay. Agenda item nine C then is a motion

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to approve the Park Forest Middle School

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stormwater management agreement

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and a declaration of easement.

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Is that Oh, okay. Is the same thing.

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This is shown on attachment nine C.

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They have a motion and a second. Is this different?

467
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Okay. Demer second. Alright, have a motion and a second.

468
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Are there questions or discussion about this action

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item? Yeah, Deb,

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- So it doesn't change my vote.

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I just closed my browser and I went back in

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and I am still seeing the old

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version of that other document.

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It doesn't matter that much, but I really want the update.

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I wanna make sure the updated document is for sure there,

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and I don't re also don't remember getting the notification

477
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that that one got changed

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that we usually get from board docs

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when a new one is updated.

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So we don't need to fix it at the meeting right now,

481
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but I wanna make sure it's fixed.

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So thanks. Sorry.

483
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- Other questions for Mike? Yeah, Ann,

484
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- Again, my basic, just making sure I'm doing due diligence

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on, I, I guess it's page

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four where it is Township rights.

487
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We've gone through that.

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I, I, I have not had a situation where I've had

489
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to vote on something where I'm responding

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to Township rights.

491
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So I just wanted to kind of point out under

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that section, indemnification and release.

493
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This is all pro forma and you know, Scott's reviewed it

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and we're good to go with that as well.

495
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- Yes. Okay, great. - Feel good then. Thank you.

496
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- Okay, other questions,

497
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comments about this item there?

498
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Any public comments about this action item?

499
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No. Okay. In that, in that case,

500
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board members in favor please say aye.

501
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Aye. Aye. Any opposed?

502
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That motion carries Takes us to agenda item nine D.

503
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This is a motion to approve the Park Forest Middle School

504
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temporary grading and construction easement.

505
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This is shown in attachment nine D.

506
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May I have a motion and a second please?

507
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- Damaris motion - Barlow. Second.

508
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Have a motion and a second.

509
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Any questions or discussion about this action item?

510
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- Okay. - I'm okay. Good. Okay. Alright.

511
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Is there any Public Comment about this action item? No.

512
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In that case, board members in favor please say aye. Aye.

513
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Aye. Any opposed? That motion carries.

514
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And that brings us to agenda item nine E, which is a motion

515
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to approve the Park Force middle school developers agreement

516
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with conditional approval.

517
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This is shown in attachment nine E.

518
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May I have a motion and a second please?

519
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- Eight or so Deir second.

520
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- Alright, we have a motion and a second.

521
00:24:51,367 --> 00:24:53,100
I believe there are some questions

522
00:24:53,834 --> 00:24:56,266
and discussion about the conditional approval.

523
00:24:56,734 --> 00:24:58,734
I just wanna understand that the conditional approval is

524
00:24:58,734 --> 00:25:00,100
because the document is marked up

525
00:25:00,266 --> 00:25:02,266
and we're waiting back for it to be

526
00:25:03,100 --> 00:25:07,100
- Yes, we received it on Friday about 2:45 PM

527
00:25:07,266 --> 00:25:08,834
as we were trying to get the agenda Yep.

528
00:25:09,100 --> 00:25:11,467
Out and that we need to review

529
00:25:11,500 --> 00:25:12,867
and there will be some negotiating

530
00:25:13,433 --> 00:25:14,700
with this document. Got you.

531
00:25:14,834 --> 00:25:17,100
- Okay. - Yeah.

532
00:25:17,934 --> 00:25:21,834
- So what changes would require it

533
00:25:22,066 --> 00:25:23,533
to come back to the board?

534
00:25:25,066 --> 00:25:27,033
So we're pending approval,

535
00:25:28,634 --> 00:25:30,100
but then what?

536
00:25:30,300 --> 00:25:32,767
Like, I know it's not minor,

537
00:25:33,667 --> 00:25:38,634
but what happens that we would come back if it's a pending?

538
00:25:39,166 --> 00:25:40,233
I'm just trying to understand.

539
00:25:40,834 --> 00:25:43,033
- In our initial review, ELS, Mike

540
00:25:43,133 --> 00:25:46,700
and I all had issues with certain aspects

541
00:25:46,834 --> 00:25:49,066
of the document as presented

542
00:25:49,066 --> 00:25:51,634
to us somewhere relatively minor, somewhere

543
00:25:51,634 --> 00:25:53,700
of somewhat greater significance.

544
00:25:54,100 --> 00:25:55,467
Were I think trying

545
00:25:55,467 --> 00:25:59,100
to get a face-to-face meeting together this week

546
00:25:59,033 --> 00:26:00,934
so we can keep the process moving.

547
00:26:02,033 --> 00:26:04,033
The idea was in general

548
00:26:04,433 --> 00:26:07,100
that you would have faith in your business manager,

549
00:26:07,300 --> 00:26:08,533
your facility director,

550
00:26:08,533 --> 00:26:12,033
and your solicitor, that if we were prepared to come back

551
00:26:12,033 --> 00:26:15,333
with a recommendation to move forward that we pass in front

552
00:26:15,333 --> 00:26:18,500
of board leadership as well as Mr. Johnson,

553
00:26:18,634 --> 00:26:20,367
that the remainder of the board would be

554
00:26:20,767 --> 00:26:21,934
okay with us doing that

555
00:26:22,500 --> 00:26:25,467
- So that we don't have to set a kind

556
00:26:25,467 --> 00:26:29,066
of secondary meeting on the calendar to just make sure,

557
00:26:29,634 --> 00:26:32,266
'cause I mean you have done a Herculean effort

558
00:26:32,333 --> 00:26:33,767
and I want, I don't want us

559
00:26:34,133 --> 00:26:37,066
to hold you up if there's something that happens

560
00:26:38,100 --> 00:26:41,033
and so I guess that's what I assumed,

561
00:26:41,634 --> 00:26:45,033
but if it would help you, I feel like there would be support

562
00:26:45,233 --> 00:26:47,767
to establish a meeting so that you don't have to wait for

563
00:26:47,767 --> 00:26:48,767
- Us.

564
00:26:48,767 --> 00:26:52,033
It would only be a request for a second meeting if Randy,

565
00:26:52,133 --> 00:26:54,700
Mike, and I are not comfortable with the agreement

566
00:26:55,066 --> 00:26:56,500
that we land with. Okay.

567
00:26:56,834 --> 00:26:59,333
- Okay. Yeah, I trust you.

568
00:27:00,100 --> 00:27:03,934
I guess I just wanted to make sure you knew that I'm one

569
00:27:03,934 --> 00:27:08,033
of nine, but I would fully support moving whatever we need

570
00:27:08,033 --> 00:27:10,934
to do to make it easier for you. So thanks.

571
00:27:11,233 --> 00:27:14,266
- So is the conditional approval the acceptance of all

572
00:27:14,266 --> 00:27:18,033
of the red highlighted text?

573
00:27:18,266 --> 00:27:20,000
- No. No. Not, not at all.

574
00:27:20,133 --> 00:27:24,500
It's, it's, it's, the conditional approval is such that Mr.

575
00:27:24,500 --> 00:27:25,567
Redder just said that

576
00:27:26,700 --> 00:27:27,867
- We have, they're putting faith in you.

577
00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:31,000
- We have a, we have a draft that we would then we need

578
00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:32,867
to review and then go back to the Township

579
00:27:32,900 --> 00:27:35,000
and negotiate parts of this draft

580
00:27:35,467 --> 00:27:38,233
and that you would have faith that we would then, you know,

581
00:27:38,233 --> 00:27:40,000
come to an agreement that would

582
00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:41,066
be suitable for the district.

583
00:27:41,300 --> 00:27:43,867
- Okay. Deb,

584
00:27:45,467 --> 00:27:48,567
- I want to take just a step back

585
00:27:48,834 --> 00:27:51,634
because most

586
00:27:51,667 --> 00:27:53,567
of this board has not been involved in a

587
00:27:53,567 --> 00:27:54,867
major construction project before.

588
00:27:56,133 --> 00:27:58,000
Most of this board has not read any

589
00:27:58,000 --> 00:27:59,133
of these documents before.

590
00:28:00,133 --> 00:28:04,100
So can you give us a two to three minute synopsis of

591
00:28:04,033 --> 00:28:07,567
what this developer's agreement is for?

592
00:28:08,133 --> 00:28:10,033
What is the main purpose of this agreement?

593
00:28:11,033 --> 00:28:13,700
What are we, why do we need it,

594
00:28:14,233 --> 00:28:17,367
why is it different from just getting approval

595
00:28:17,500 --> 00:28:19,300
to do the project from the Township?

596
00:28:19,900 --> 00:28:22,033
Like what, what is this doing for us?

597
00:28:22,333 --> 00:28:27,066
- The big, so the, the crux of it is

598
00:28:27,066 --> 00:28:30,100
that the exemptions that we were granted

599
00:28:30,100 --> 00:28:31,533
through the land development process

600
00:28:32,133 --> 00:28:33,867
are outlined here, right?

601
00:28:34,100 --> 00:28:35,100
So for example,

602
00:28:36,834 --> 00:28:37,834
- Parking.

603
00:28:37,834 --> 00:28:41,266
- Parking, right? So we got a waiver to, for 12 spaces

604
00:28:41,367 --> 00:28:43,233
that were, were required by,

605
00:28:43,467 --> 00:28:45,500
by the patent Township regulations,

606
00:28:46,500 --> 00:28:47,634
we got a waiver for those.

607
00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:50,033
So that's kind of outlining here in the developer's

608
00:28:50,033 --> 00:28:54,333
agreement that says we have that also that, you know,

609
00:28:55,033 --> 00:28:58,100
we were required to do a 68 space satellites

610
00:28:59,033 --> 00:29:03,467
location over across the road that that would be in here.

611
00:29:03,467 --> 00:29:06,533
Right. So just kind of, it's a, it's a document that kind

612
00:29:06,533 --> 00:29:09,033
of holds our feet to the fire that we keep those spaces.

613
00:29:09,333 --> 00:29:13,367
For example, we have a waiver for

614
00:29:14,100 --> 00:29:15,834
some long term bike storage

615
00:29:15,867 --> 00:29:18,567
because we're doing it a little bit differently so

616
00:29:18,567 --> 00:29:19,867
that those are captured here.

617
00:29:19,900 --> 00:29:22,033
So it's, it's things that are really, are captured kind

618
00:29:22,033 --> 00:29:26,033
of long term and then recorded so that, you know, the, the,

619
00:29:26,066 --> 00:29:30,000
that we are responsible for those long term,

620
00:29:31,433 --> 00:29:33,100
you know, and they're available, it's recorded

621
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:35,634
and like I said, they can hold, kind

622
00:29:35,634 --> 00:29:37,066
of hold our feet to the fire for it.

623
00:29:37,934 --> 00:29:39,000
- I think Go ahead.

624
00:29:39,066 --> 00:29:40,700
I think I would agree with what Mike said.

625
00:29:41,100 --> 00:29:44,567
I think in some senses it consolidates in a single document,

626
00:29:45,266 --> 00:29:48,300
various aspects of the approval process that we have.

627
00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:51,533
I don't recall, although it's been a a few years,

628
00:29:51,834 --> 00:29:54,567
but I don't recall that we had a similar document

629
00:29:54,667 --> 00:29:55,834
for the High School project.

630
00:29:57,100 --> 00:29:58,233
I'm not saying this is wrong

631
00:29:58,667 --> 00:30:01,700
or right, it's just, it's a part of the process that

632
00:30:02,734 --> 00:30:07,700
Patton Township has for its building approval process

633
00:30:08,133 --> 00:30:09,333
within the Township.

634
00:30:09,567 --> 00:30:12,700
So I, I don't think we're being asked to do anything

635
00:30:13,133 --> 00:30:16,367
as a part of this agreement that we generally have not

636
00:30:16,367 --> 00:30:18,634
otherwise agreed to do

637
00:30:19,033 --> 00:30:21,700
and has been memorialized in one form

638
00:30:21,700 --> 00:30:23,467
or another as part of the process.

639
00:30:24,066 --> 00:30:25,333
- Correct. I would agree with that.

640
00:30:25,333 --> 00:30:26,767
There's nothing in, there's nothing in here

641
00:30:26,767 --> 00:30:28,233
that there won't be anything here

642
00:30:28,233 --> 00:30:30,867
that we haven't already we are, don't already know about

643
00:30:30,900 --> 00:30:32,033
and haven't already agreed to.

644
00:30:33,533 --> 00:30:35,467
Okay. Just kind of consolidating all those into

645
00:30:35,467 --> 00:30:37,000
one document that gets recorded.

646
00:30:38,033 --> 00:30:40,767
- If I could follow up with just one or two more things.

647
00:30:42,367 --> 00:30:46,767
Reading the red comments, which I assume are

648
00:30:47,367 --> 00:30:48,367
- ELA.

649
00:30:48,367 --> 00:30:51,500
- Okay. Not from the Township. Correct. Right.

650
00:30:53,133 --> 00:30:57,100
It sounds like this document in its current form

651
00:31:01,266 --> 00:31:06,066
might refer more broadly to all aspects of the project

652
00:31:06,133 --> 00:31:08,333
as opposed to just the public improvements

653
00:31:09,266 --> 00:31:12,000
and how much maybe inspection authority

654
00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:13,300
that Township has over

655
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:16,000
- Yes.

656
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:18,734
This, this is not relegated

657
00:31:18,900 --> 00:31:20,500
to strictly public improvements.

658
00:31:20,500 --> 00:31:23,033
This is the entire, this is the entire project again.

659
00:31:23,033 --> 00:31:27,533
So going back to the parking, for example, the waiver and,

660
00:31:27,567 --> 00:31:29,867
or like the, you know, the fact that we have

661
00:31:29,867 --> 00:31:31,934
to have the satellite parking across the street,

662
00:31:32,033 --> 00:31:34,066
that's not necessarily a public improvement.

663
00:31:34,066 --> 00:31:37,000
That's part of our construction plan.

664
00:31:37,333 --> 00:31:38,467
- But a lot of the language

665
00:31:38,467 --> 00:31:41,734
after those sections talks about the public improvements.

666
00:31:42,166 --> 00:31:45,767
- Some do, and again, this is a, this is a draft put forward

667
00:31:45,867 --> 00:31:49,467
by the Township that we are reviewing with a fine tooth comb

668
00:31:49,500 --> 00:31:51,467
and we'll meet with the Township to go back

669
00:31:51,467 --> 00:31:53,567
and forth on some of the issues, some of the language that,

670
00:31:53,567 --> 00:31:56,066
you know, we would like to see altered. Okay.

671
00:31:56,700 --> 00:31:58,867
- By and large, the other documents

672
00:31:58,867 --> 00:32:01,033
that you have approved already this evening

673
00:32:01,734 --> 00:32:04,033
are stock boilerplate documents

674
00:32:04,100 --> 00:32:06,567
that would almost be identical for any project

675
00:32:06,634 --> 00:32:10,567
that any public entity engages in in Centre County.

676
00:32:11,033 --> 00:32:12,333
This is a little bit different

677
00:32:12,667 --> 00:32:15,300
and hence we, we received it late in the process,

678
00:32:15,634 --> 00:32:19,300
but also a unique document of sorts.

679
00:32:19,333 --> 00:32:22,033
So a little more time involvement than just the run

680
00:32:22,033 --> 00:32:24,033
of the mil easement or temporary

681
00:32:24,300 --> 00:32:25,500
construction easement car agreement.

682
00:32:26,066 --> 00:32:30,100
Okay. Other

683
00:32:30,233 --> 00:32:32,333
- Questions? Yeah, Ann,

684
00:32:32,767 --> 00:32:33,767
- I just wanna thank you.

685
00:32:33,767 --> 00:32:35,266
That summary was really helpful

686
00:32:35,567 --> 00:32:36,834
and if you've attended the,

687
00:32:36,834 --> 00:32:39,033
like we all attended the Patton Township meeting

688
00:32:39,367 --> 00:32:42,266
and so as you summarized it, I was like, oh, okay,

689
00:32:42,266 --> 00:32:43,467
that makes complete sense.

690
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:47,266
It's more just, again, I haven't looked at that kind

691
00:32:47,266 --> 00:32:50,033
of document before and wanna make sure I'm understanding.

692
00:32:50,033 --> 00:32:53,066
So thank you. That clarifies a lot just in

693
00:32:53,066 --> 00:32:54,133
that very brief summary.

694
00:32:54,667 --> 00:32:57,033
- Yeah. And again, this is, this is the white document

695
00:32:57,133 --> 00:32:58,266
where as Mr.

696
00:32:58,533 --> 00:33:00,867
Retter pointed out, it's not boilerplate. Yes.

697
00:33:01,100 --> 00:33:03,066
And we will review heavily

698
00:33:04,033 --> 00:33:06,066
and make sure that the language is such

699
00:33:06,066 --> 00:33:08,367
that you know is favorable to the district. Yeah,

700
00:33:08,834 --> 00:33:09,834
- Yeah.

701
00:33:09,834 --> 00:33:11,734
And I apologize, I didn't really understand until today

702
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:13,634
what was boilerplate and what wasn't.

703
00:33:13,834 --> 00:33:16,834
So it's an important learning thing I think for all of us.

704
00:33:16,900 --> 00:33:18,066
So thank you for your patience.

705
00:33:20,634 --> 00:33:22,467
- Alright Deb,

706
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:26,266
- I can't remember who said it,

707
00:33:26,266 --> 00:33:30,266
but I appreciated there was a little addition verbally to

708
00:33:30,266 --> 00:33:34,066
what we're expecting.

709
00:33:34,100 --> 00:33:38,033
That is the motion or what we were given was to recommend

710
00:33:38,033 --> 00:33:40,467
that we conditionally approve the agreement pending

711
00:33:40,467 --> 00:33:43,934
completion of further negotiations between SCS D

712
00:33:43,934 --> 00:33:46,233
and Patton Township with the final document approved

713
00:33:46,233 --> 00:33:49,000
by the solicitor finance and operations officer

714
00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:50,133
and the director of physical plant.

715
00:33:50,934 --> 00:33:53,834
I have full faith and confidence in all those individuals,

716
00:33:54,066 --> 00:33:55,066
but I also appreciated

717
00:33:55,100 --> 00:33:57,500
that someone said verbally it would also be run

718
00:33:57,500 --> 00:34:00,634
by the Superintendent and the board leadership.

719
00:34:01,100 --> 00:34:03,066
So I would like to just reiterate that

720
00:34:03,233 --> 00:34:06,066
and that that is an expectation that it would be run

721
00:34:06,100 --> 00:34:09,000
by the Superintendent and the, at least the board president

722
00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:10,467
and vice president as well.

723
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:15,100
- I said that and, and we typically do that to make, we,

724
00:34:15,033 --> 00:34:17,467
we wanna sp spread the blame if necessary.

725
00:34:18,066 --> 00:34:19,066
- Well, yes.

726
00:34:19,233 --> 00:34:21,467
Since, since the rest of us aren't going to get

727
00:34:21,467 --> 00:34:24,066
to read it again before, like we're approving it

728
00:34:24,066 --> 00:34:25,066
and we're trusting all of you.

729
00:34:25,367 --> 00:34:27,634
I mean, and so if y'all feel comfortable with that, then

730
00:34:28,100 --> 00:34:29,100
we can go forward.

731
00:34:29,533 --> 00:34:31,700
I will feel comfortable going forward,

732
00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:36,500
but I, I appreciated that being added to make that clear

733
00:34:36,500 --> 00:34:37,567
and obvious 'cause

734
00:34:38,100 --> 00:34:39,100
- It wasn't point.

735
00:34:39,100 --> 00:34:42,100
So the only question I have is it, is there any chance

736
00:34:42,133 --> 00:34:45,000
that there would be an impasse that we would not be able

737
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:46,000
to come to an agreement?

738
00:34:47,066 --> 00:34:50,233
- I, I'm confident in our ability to work, get

739
00:34:50,233 --> 00:34:51,533
to an acceptable agreement.

740
00:34:51,834 --> 00:34:54,767
I, I would've rephrased Mike had said a favorable

741
00:34:54,767 --> 00:34:55,834
agreement to the district.

742
00:34:55,834 --> 00:34:56,867
That's always the goal,

743
00:34:57,266 --> 00:34:59,367
but sometimes it's an acceptable agreement.

744
00:35:00,500 --> 00:35:02,533
I'm confident we will get there. Alright.

745
00:35:04,033 --> 00:35:06,266
- I guess along those lines, the one question I have and,

746
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:09,100
and you can clarify it later,

747
00:35:09,133 --> 00:35:13,300
but you brought up the whole auxiliary parking space

748
00:35:13,300 --> 00:35:15,333
and I know there was some discussion at one point in time,

749
00:35:15,767 --> 00:35:18,867
a request from the district that, that the open

750
00:35:18,900 --> 00:35:22,266
to reevaluation at some point and I would assume and hope

751
00:35:22,467 --> 00:35:27,367
or maybe be, say, expressing favor my support for

752
00:35:28,033 --> 00:35:30,467
that being a very important point.

753
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:32,634
I won't say sticking point but point

754
00:35:32,700 --> 00:35:34,100
and that, that's all I'll say about

755
00:35:34,100 --> 00:35:36,834
that. But I would support that

756
00:35:36,834 --> 00:35:38,033
- Being a, an important concern.

757
00:35:38,500 --> 00:35:41,000
- Right. Well we had spoken about, I forget the length

758
00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:42,467
of time on the parking agreement,

759
00:35:42,667 --> 00:35:45,066
but once we get through that first period of time,

760
00:35:45,667 --> 00:35:48,333
if history bears out that it's not needed

761
00:35:48,333 --> 00:35:50,867
because it's never been used, the possibility

762
00:35:50,867 --> 00:35:52,467
that it be removed as a restriction.

763
00:35:52,467 --> 00:35:55,333
Yes, we absolutely are aware of that issue.

764
00:35:58,133 --> 00:36:02,634
- Okay. Any other comments back on Jesse?

765
00:36:04,934 --> 00:36:07,100
No. Alright. Is there any Public

766
00:36:07,100 --> 00:36:08,367
Comment about this action item?

767
00:36:08,867 --> 00:36:10,033
No. Alright.

768
00:36:10,934 --> 00:36:15,100
In that case, board members in favor please say aye. Aye.

769
00:36:15,333 --> 00:36:19,867
Aye. Any opposed? That motion carries. Alright.

770
00:36:21,533 --> 00:36:23,634
Agenda item nine F is a motion

771
00:36:23,667 --> 00:36:27,000
to approve the Park Forest Middle School public improvements

772
00:36:27,066 --> 00:36:29,500
surety, also with conditional approval.

773
00:36:29,567 --> 00:36:32,133
This is shown an attachment nine F May I have

774
00:36:32,133 --> 00:36:33,300
a motion and a second please?

775
00:36:35,266 --> 00:36:37,867
- Motion - De mayor second.

776
00:36:38,367 --> 00:36:41,433
- Alright, we have a motion and a second questions

777
00:36:41,433 --> 00:36:43,767
or discussion about this item. Scott,

778
00:36:44,100 --> 00:36:47,033
- Aaron, this again is not in final form of course.

779
00:36:47,033 --> 00:36:51,133
This is a schedule of values for establishing

780
00:36:51,166 --> 00:36:52,367
what will be placed

781
00:36:52,500 --> 00:36:56,133
for the Asurity asurity agreement is essentially a pot

782
00:36:56,133 --> 00:36:58,533
of money that is available in the event

783
00:36:58,533 --> 00:37:02,133
that the district does not fulfill its obligations under the

784
00:37:02,133 --> 00:37:03,133
various agreements.

785
00:37:03,533 --> 00:37:05,266
The surety agreement itself

786
00:37:06,033 --> 00:37:08,567
and will be similar to the other documents as far

787
00:37:08,567 --> 00:37:10,367
as a boiler boilerplate agreement.

788
00:37:10,533 --> 00:37:13,367
So it would be nice to have that in front of us.

789
00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:17,066
It's not expected, it's, it's not a unique document

790
00:37:17,066 --> 00:37:20,066
that's ne negotiated for particular circumstances.

791
00:37:20,567 --> 00:37:21,734
It'll be boilerplate.

792
00:37:21,767 --> 00:37:23,500
We will obviously review the final

793
00:37:23,500 --> 00:37:25,333
version on that one as well.

794
00:37:25,700 --> 00:37:29,166
- Okay. - And to clarify this is specifically

795
00:37:29,367 --> 00:37:31,433
for public way improvements?

796
00:37:33,266 --> 00:37:36,333
- Well that's, I mean, even just your clarification about

797
00:37:36,567 --> 00:37:41,033
this being more boilerplate but still conditional

798
00:37:41,033 --> 00:37:44,100
because we don't have it versus the other is an

799
00:37:44,100 --> 00:37:45,066
important Right.

800
00:37:47,100 --> 00:37:48,767
Clarification. So thanks. Okay.

801
00:37:49,767 --> 00:37:51,500
- So in essence, the conditional approval

802
00:37:52,266 --> 00:37:55,333
represents our faith and your ability to get the,

803
00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:57,133
the best deal possible

804
00:37:57,133 --> 00:37:58,634
for the district and move everything forward.

805
00:37:59,867 --> 00:38:02,333
Okay. Any other questions, comments?

806
00:38:03,900 --> 00:38:08,133
Thanks for that clarification Scott. Alright.

807
00:38:08,266 --> 00:38:11,066
Is there any Public Comment about the section item? No.

808
00:38:12,467 --> 00:38:15,900
In that case, board members in favor please say aye. Aye.

809
00:38:16,100 --> 00:38:19,133
Aye. Any opposed? That motion carries.

810
00:38:20,100 --> 00:38:24,333
We move on to agenda item nine G which is the,

811
00:38:25,834 --> 00:38:29,100
which is the depar contract which had originally been in

812
00:38:30,133 --> 00:38:33,567
the 20 26 20 27 Dev Depar agreement amendment

813
00:38:33,667 --> 00:38:36,767
for professional development, which was taken from consent

814
00:38:36,767 --> 00:38:39,500
for operations and put into action item nine G.

815
00:38:40,367 --> 00:38:44,000
May I have a motion and a second please? Arla. So moved

816
00:38:46,166 --> 00:38:47,166
- Second.

817
00:38:47,166 --> 00:38:47,700
- Alright, we have a motion

818
00:38:47,867 --> 00:38:51,767
and a second questions discussion about this.

819
00:38:51,834 --> 00:38:53,367
Deb, I think you had some questions.

820
00:38:54,266 --> 00:38:59,066
- So do you want me

821
00:38:59,066 --> 00:39:01,066
to discuss first and then make my suggestion

822
00:39:01,133 --> 00:39:02,033
for revised motion?

823
00:39:02,500 --> 00:39:05,000
- Sure. Yeah, I think Dr. Buer will come up too.

824
00:39:06,033 --> 00:39:08,934
- I had sent questions to Dr. Buer over the weekend.

825
00:39:09,834 --> 00:39:11,834
And so just for a little bit of background for the public

826
00:39:12,100 --> 00:39:16,066
and for the board, this particular contract

827
00:39:17,133 --> 00:39:21,767
as written, the memo focuses on professional development

828
00:39:22,133 --> 00:39:23,000
for Dr.

829
00:39:23,367 --> 00:39:26,100
Buer, which is provided for in his contract.

830
00:39:27,266 --> 00:39:31,266
I think that's provided for in the contract of most,

831
00:39:31,834 --> 00:39:33,166
if not all of our cabinet members.

832
00:39:33,333 --> 00:39:37,500
I don't wanna say all just in case up to a certain limit.

833
00:39:38,100 --> 00:39:40,667
And the amount that he used over the past

834
00:39:41,233 --> 00:39:42,867
calendar year was within that limit.

835
00:39:44,066 --> 00:39:46,100
And less than the do not exceed amount

836
00:39:46,100 --> 00:39:50,100
and last year's contract, this contract as written

837
00:39:52,100 --> 00:39:55,734
increases the do not exceed amount a lot.

838
00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:59,667
In past years we had used the same provider

839
00:39:59,767 --> 00:40:02,433
for professional development for both a cabinet member

840
00:40:02,700 --> 00:40:05,634
and some other administrators like principals.

841
00:40:06,066 --> 00:40:10,066
My understanding is we aren't necessarily continuing

842
00:40:10,066 --> 00:40:12,734
with the professional development expectation

843
00:40:12,834 --> 00:40:13,867
for these principals.

844
00:40:14,734 --> 00:40:18,333
So if this contract is really focusing in on the assistant

845
00:40:18,333 --> 00:40:20,734
Superintendent, I don't personally see a need

846
00:40:21,100 --> 00:40:24,467
to increase the number of hours, I would probably

847
00:40:25,100 --> 00:40:29,567
put the maximum at 50, which would allow for

848
00:40:30,133 --> 00:40:32,433
more than enough for the assistant Superintendent

849
00:40:32,567 --> 00:40:34,867
who is availing himself of this opportunity.

850
00:40:35,300 --> 00:40:38,900
And also provide flexibility if we have other administrators

851
00:40:39,266 --> 00:40:40,900
who need professional development.

852
00:40:41,233 --> 00:40:42,700
But we need to be mindful that we need

853
00:40:42,700 --> 00:40:44,266
to stay within the contractual amount,

854
00:40:45,367 --> 00:40:46,433
which we have in the past.

855
00:40:46,500 --> 00:40:48,934
So I'm not concerned it is a do not exceed,

856
00:40:49,066 --> 00:40:50,333
but I just want to, you know,

857
00:40:50,500 --> 00:40:53,233
but I see no reason why we would get anywhere close

858
00:40:53,266 --> 00:40:54,467
to a hundred hours.

859
00:40:54,567 --> 00:40:57,066
So I don't think we need to approve a hundred hours.

860
00:40:58,066 --> 00:41:01,000
That's my justification for bringing it up.

861
00:41:01,033 --> 00:41:04,700
So I would make a friendly amendment or,

862
00:41:04,867 --> 00:41:07,133
or whatever that we change the

863
00:41:09,333 --> 00:41:11,033
contract do not exceed to

864
00:41:12,033 --> 00:41:14,834
half the dollar amount in 50 hours. Okay.

865
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:18,333
- So it's a motion to amend the contract as it's written?

866
00:41:19,734 --> 00:41:22,133
- Yes. Or I think I look at it, I think,

867
00:41:22,133 --> 00:41:24,166
- Or the person that supported the motion

868
00:41:24,300 --> 00:41:25,500
could offer a friend.

869
00:41:25,734 --> 00:41:27,567
I think I gave the first motion. Yeah.

870
00:41:28,100 --> 00:41:29,133
So I think to make it simpler,

871
00:41:29,667 --> 00:41:32,333
I can say without objection from the board, I'd like

872
00:41:32,333 --> 00:41:36,133
to amend the motion to Oh you made it it.

873
00:41:36,266 --> 00:41:38,233
I'm sorry. And I seconded. Sorry, I had it backwards. We

874
00:41:38,233 --> 00:41:40,033
- Did, we backwards. I'm willing to amend the motion.

875
00:41:40,433 --> 00:41:44,300
- Okay. And we can discuss like, I'm not a, I'm one of nine,

876
00:41:44,734 --> 00:41:46,767
but that's why No, I, I was also the reason, reason I said

877
00:41:46,767 --> 00:41:48,934
that I thought I had done it because I appreciated

878
00:41:48,934 --> 00:41:51,333
that you brought that up because I had missed that

879
00:41:51,700 --> 00:41:54,133
and I didn't recall what the amount was previously.

880
00:41:55,734 --> 00:41:59,033
And I concur that if we're no longer using the services

881
00:41:59,166 --> 00:42:03,533
for those other parts, you know, I don't, I don't see

882
00:42:03,533 --> 00:42:05,000
where we need to go above and beyond.

883
00:42:05,233 --> 00:42:07,734
Sorry. I'm done. Okay. Yep. Rebecca?

884
00:42:08,900 --> 00:42:13,500
- So I went through and looked at the last year's contract

885
00:42:13,500 --> 00:42:14,700
and this year's contract

886
00:42:14,934 --> 00:42:17,834
and the like work plan that went in with it.

887
00:42:18,467 --> 00:42:23,333
And in the, when it first came

888
00:42:23,500 --> 00:42:26,033
to the board last year, in August, 2025,

889
00:42:26,266 --> 00:42:27,934
it was monthly coaching sessions

890
00:42:27,934 --> 00:42:30,066
for middle level principals, side by side,

891
00:42:30,066 --> 00:42:31,767
classroom walkthroughs, board updates, inclusion

892
00:42:31,900 --> 00:42:34,033
for assistant principal and leadership meetings.

893
00:42:34,700 --> 00:42:36,367
In December of 25, it shifted

894
00:42:36,500 --> 00:42:39,133
to seven leadership development areas focused on the

895
00:42:39,133 --> 00:42:42,834
assistant Superintendent alignment of leadership strategies,

896
00:42:42,834 --> 00:42:44,767
professional growth, improving outcome crisis

897
00:42:45,433 --> 00:42:47,100
plus thoughtful partnership.

898
00:42:47,333 --> 00:42:51,000
And in the moment support this year for it,

899
00:42:51,934 --> 00:42:54,033
it kept those, the seven core areas,

900
00:42:54,867 --> 00:42:57,634
but it broadened the audience to district

901
00:42:57,667 --> 00:42:59,133
and building level leadership

902
00:43:00,100 --> 00:43:03,233
and replaced thought partnership

903
00:43:03,300 --> 00:43:05,867
with mentorship in those seven areas.

904
00:43:06,634 --> 00:43:10,066
So it's adding fuller deliverables for everything

905
00:43:10,066 --> 00:43:13,700
that we're doing with data analytic data analysis,

906
00:43:13,834 --> 00:43:16,100
your board level professional learning presentation

907
00:43:16,734 --> 00:43:18,000
for stakeholder groups.

908
00:43:19,266 --> 00:43:21,767
So it's doubling the hours.

909
00:43:22,033 --> 00:43:26,100
But it also seem, I, it sounded like it wasn't double,

910
00:43:26,333 --> 00:43:29,300
you were saying it wasn't doubling the peop like it was just

911
00:43:29,300 --> 00:43:32,000
for you, but this sounds like it's for more people. Yeah,

912
00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:33,367
- So there, there's many layers.

913
00:43:33,500 --> 00:43:36,467
So Dr. Anderson I think summed it up very well as far

914
00:43:36,467 --> 00:43:38,533
as the hours that they're ample.

915
00:43:38,567 --> 00:43:42,066
We don't, a hundred is a lot. Is a lot. Right.

916
00:43:43,133 --> 00:43:45,100
So just to clarify, the middle level

917
00:43:45,533 --> 00:43:48,700
with Depar coun consult consulting was

918
00:43:48,700 --> 00:43:50,634
for two years we completed that.

919
00:43:50,667 --> 00:43:53,266
In that process an addendum was added to that contract

920
00:43:53,834 --> 00:43:56,066
to include me to have additional hours

921
00:43:56,333 --> 00:43:58,700
with a separate consultant who also works for depar.

922
00:43:59,500 --> 00:44:02,867
This is a contract to replace the addendum

923
00:44:03,433 --> 00:44:05,834
but not the original contract, which was for middle level.

924
00:44:07,300 --> 00:44:08,300
That clarifies.

925
00:44:09,567 --> 00:44:11,266
- Yeah, I just wanted to make sure that I,

926
00:44:11,567 --> 00:44:13,834
'cause you said no and then I you said no

927
00:44:13,834 --> 00:44:15,934
and then I was like wait, but I read that it did.

928
00:44:16,500 --> 00:44:19,700
So I just heard it. I think I just heard it incorrectly.

929
00:44:20,533 --> 00:44:21,533
Thank you.

930
00:44:22,433 --> 00:44:23,867
- Yep. Jen, for

931
00:44:23,867 --> 00:44:28,233
- Clarity, can I have just a general synopsis of

932
00:44:30,533 --> 00:44:31,533
- What - It does?

933
00:44:31,533 --> 00:44:32,634
What it does essentially?

934
00:44:34,133 --> 00:44:37,767
- Yeah, sure. So I meet with a retired Superintendent

935
00:44:38,266 --> 00:44:40,634
and have access to three consultants within this group.

936
00:44:41,667 --> 00:44:43,533
One's an assist, retired assistant Superintendent,

937
00:44:43,533 --> 00:44:44,834
one's a retired business manager.

938
00:44:45,166 --> 00:44:47,500
And primarily my sessions are every three weeks

939
00:44:48,100 --> 00:44:49,700
for about an hour on Zoom.

940
00:44:50,500 --> 00:44:52,367
Occasionally in person with the coach.

941
00:44:53,066 --> 00:44:56,500
Just walking through what particular scenarios, situations

942
00:44:56,500 --> 00:44:58,066
that occur in the district

943
00:44:58,100 --> 00:45:00,100
and kinda giving me kind of

944
00:45:01,266 --> 00:45:03,233
ideas on different ways to approach things.

945
00:45:03,700 --> 00:45:06,734
There's a lot of ways to do things wrong

946
00:45:07,066 --> 00:45:08,533
and there's very few ways to do them right.

947
00:45:09,133 --> 00:45:10,367
So when I propose an idea

948
00:45:10,433 --> 00:45:12,033
and a challenge that I'm working through,

949
00:45:13,166 --> 00:45:16,233
he's really a sounding board to help me navigate that

950
00:45:16,266 --> 00:45:18,133
and guide me in a correct path that

951
00:45:18,867 --> 00:45:21,100
will most likely have a positive outcome.

952
00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:25,133
- And do you feel that 50 hours is sufficient

953
00:45:26,133 --> 00:45:27,066
for what you

954
00:45:27,867 --> 00:45:28,867
- Yes.

955
00:45:28,867 --> 00:45:29,567
So as Dr.

956
00:45:29,934 --> 00:45:33,367
Anderson mentioned, I've used in the past almost a year,

957
00:45:33,367 --> 00:45:35,266
I've used about 18 hours on pace

958
00:45:35,266 --> 00:45:38,033
for 20 ish hours in the one year.

959
00:45:38,500 --> 00:45:40,634
So at its ample, the one provision

960
00:45:40,634 --> 00:45:43,066
that was clarified in this contract was

961
00:45:43,066 --> 00:45:46,367
to give other administrators within the district some

962
00:45:46,367 --> 00:45:50,033
ability to work with a consultant at, on an as needed basis.

963
00:45:50,133 --> 00:45:53,066
So there's sometimes where one of the assistant principals,

964
00:45:53,467 --> 00:45:56,333
elementary principal, High School principal, middle school,

965
00:45:56,367 --> 00:45:58,500
they are just asking for, I need some assistance

966
00:45:58,867 --> 00:46:00,233
and they have some expertise where I'm able

967
00:46:00,233 --> 00:46:02,834
to link them together and then they're able to bill

968
00:46:03,367 --> 00:46:06,734
for those hours that they support even assistant principals

969
00:46:08,233 --> 00:46:10,100
to help them grow as well. Okay.

970
00:46:10,100 --> 00:46:11,100
- Yeah, thank you. That makes sense.

971
00:46:11,166 --> 00:46:14,934
- It, it also provides us the opportunity, as

972
00:46:15,734 --> 00:46:19,834
Jonathan says, to offer this type of assistance to any

973
00:46:22,033 --> 00:46:24,567
leader that is in need of improvement

974
00:46:24,700 --> 00:46:29,266
or in need of mentorship or coaching or that sort of thing.

975
00:46:30,033 --> 00:46:33,467
'cause they offer this for the whole administrative group

976
00:46:33,867 --> 00:46:36,300
and rather than just coming back to you with

977
00:46:36,300 --> 00:46:38,700
that information for, with another contract,

978
00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:42,934
we could use the same contract to fulfill that need.

979
00:46:43,233 --> 00:46:44,266
So, and

980
00:46:44,734 --> 00:46:47,266
- For example, in addition, Dr.

981
00:46:47,500 --> 00:46:48,634
Snee was one of the consultants.

982
00:46:48,634 --> 00:46:52,000
She has presented to the board at these meetings in at least

983
00:46:52,000 --> 00:46:54,000
twice I believe I recall from the past.

984
00:46:54,233 --> 00:46:56,033
And she's done professional development

985
00:46:56,100 --> 00:46:57,333
for our administrators,

986
00:46:57,333 --> 00:46:59,100
the entire administrative team in the past.

987
00:46:59,934 --> 00:47:01,000
So there's some of the examples

988
00:47:01,734 --> 00:47:03,100
that are separate from me as well.

989
00:47:03,934 --> 00:47:05,233
Whole group and individual.

990
00:47:07,100 --> 00:47:11,033
- Alright Deb, - So just to clarify a couple of things.

991
00:47:13,634 --> 00:47:17,133
This particular provider has been chosen

992
00:47:18,100 --> 00:47:22,033
by you to PR to help with your own professional development.

993
00:47:22,867 --> 00:47:25,734
I know the same provision is in the contract

994
00:47:25,867 --> 00:47:27,934
for our other assistant superintendents.

995
00:47:28,033 --> 00:47:29,867
So if they wanted to avail themselves

996
00:47:29,867 --> 00:47:31,100
of a similar opportunity,

997
00:47:31,867 --> 00:47:33,567
then they could choose their own provider

998
00:47:34,333 --> 00:47:37,033
and we would, you know, have a similar contract.

999
00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:39,367
It wouldn't have to be this particular provider.

1000
00:47:39,934 --> 00:47:42,033
So that could be a different contract. Correct.

1001
00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:46,567
But one thing I did hear, which I hadn't really understood

1002
00:47:46,567 --> 00:47:50,467
until this moment was you talking about, you know,

1003
00:47:50,500 --> 00:47:53,333
if you have a school leader that comes

1004
00:47:53,367 --> 00:47:56,066
to you in your capacity as assistant Superintendent

1005
00:47:56,100 --> 00:47:57,233
and says, I need some help,

1006
00:47:57,867 --> 00:48:00,100
you can direct them towards this resource.

1007
00:48:01,867 --> 00:48:03,867
And I'm sort of okay with that.

1008
00:48:04,033 --> 00:48:07,000
I guess I, I would hope that that would maybe is

1009
00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:09,533
that approved by the Superintendent so that there's

1010
00:48:10,333 --> 00:48:14,000
some oversight of who's approving that and Right.

1011
00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:17,033
You work with secondary principals leaders.

1012
00:48:17,700 --> 00:48:22,000
So if one of the elementary leaders had a similar question

1013
00:48:22,033 --> 00:48:24,233
and wanted to get some advice

1014
00:48:24,500 --> 00:48:28,100
or feedback, they could work within this contract as well?

1015
00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:32,233
- Yes. And any, yes, any school leader.

1016
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:35,033
- Okay. And so I just wanna, if that's true,

1017
00:48:35,333 --> 00:48:37,734
'cause I feel like that's new and that might be new.

1018
00:48:38,567 --> 00:48:42,100
I, I wanna make sure that our elementary leaders understand

1019
00:48:42,100 --> 00:48:44,000
that that opportunity is available

1020
00:48:45,233 --> 00:48:49,233
and that that is expressed.

1021
00:48:51,700 --> 00:48:56,133
- The, there was a, may have been pro bono,

1022
00:48:56,133 --> 00:49:01,033
but that was offered to principles at

1023
00:49:01,100 --> 00:49:02,767
all levels for PAS.

1024
00:49:03,700 --> 00:49:05,100
There was a training that occurred

1025
00:49:05,367 --> 00:49:06,467
and an extension of

1026
00:49:06,467 --> 00:49:08,934
that training was one-on-one sessions if they so choose

1027
00:49:09,233 --> 00:49:11,000
and a few people did choose to.

1028
00:49:11,333 --> 00:49:13,066
Okay. It might've been pro bono at the time.

1029
00:49:13,667 --> 00:49:16,567
- Okay. So anyway, if that's a, if that's a new thing,

1030
00:49:16,634 --> 00:49:20,567
I just wanna make sure that our leaders at all levels are

1031
00:49:20,567 --> 00:49:25,266
aware of this opportunity. Yeah.

1032
00:49:25,767 --> 00:49:29,734
- Okay. Other questions or comments for Jonathan?

1033
00:49:31,100 --> 00:49:35,734
So there is a friendly amendment so that it has been revised

1034
00:49:35,734 --> 00:49:37,333
to 50 hours as opposed to 100.

1035
00:49:37,367 --> 00:49:40,233
Is that correct? Correct. Okay. Alright.

1036
00:49:41,900 --> 00:49:45,133
Is there any Public Comment about this action item? No.

1037
00:49:45,767 --> 00:49:47,100
Alright. In that case,

1038
00:49:47,033 --> 00:49:49,100
board members in favor please say aye.

1039
00:49:49,934 --> 00:49:53,100
Aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion carries.

1040
00:49:53,233 --> 00:49:56,367
Thank you Mr. Booker or Dr. Booker.

1041
00:49:57,333 --> 00:50:00,233
Next on the agenda we have our information reports.

1042
00:50:00,300 --> 00:50:04,367
Mike is gonna join us again to provide us

1043
00:50:04,367 --> 00:50:06,867
with an update on the Park Forest Middle School project.

1044
00:50:07,634 --> 00:50:09,367
Welcome back Mr. Fisher

1045
00:50:18,100 --> 00:50:19,100
- Who is with him.

1046
00:50:21,100 --> 00:50:24,533
- We're also joined with by Sydney Hickson Ball from ero.

1047
00:50:24,634 --> 00:50:26,066
Okay. Who actually put together the,

1048
00:50:26,100 --> 00:50:27,734
the slide presentation for us.

1049
00:50:27,734 --> 00:50:29,133
So I'm allow her to go through it.

1050
00:50:29,834 --> 00:50:34,300
I'm gonna drive and we can answer

1051
00:50:34,333 --> 00:50:35,367
any questions you may have.

1052
00:50:45,634 --> 00:50:47,033
- All - Right. Good evening.

1053
00:50:47,834 --> 00:50:49,100
Can everybody hear me all right?

1054
00:50:49,667 --> 00:50:51,033
- Okay. Just wanna check

1055
00:50:51,934 --> 00:50:54,100
so you can speak up a little bit. Okay.

1056
00:50:55,000 --> 00:50:58,066
- So this is our first construction update it's covering

1057
00:50:58,066 --> 00:51:02,233
since we began on the site a couple months ago.

1058
00:51:02,934 --> 00:51:07,066
So first up I wanted to show just the existing plan.

1059
00:51:07,333 --> 00:51:11,500
So we have the majority of the photo is

1060
00:51:11,700 --> 00:51:15,066
of the new site for the new school.

1061
00:51:15,133 --> 00:51:17,100
And then we have Valley Vista

1062
00:51:17,467 --> 00:51:20,500
and the existing school over on the right hand side.

1063
00:51:22,133 --> 00:51:25,266
Next slide. I wasn't sure how many had seen this.

1064
00:51:25,333 --> 00:51:27,834
This is what you put together for the bidding.

1065
00:51:28,033 --> 00:51:29,934
It's called our site logistics plan.

1066
00:51:30,500 --> 00:51:33,300
This is all the construction measures that will be in place

1067
00:51:33,634 --> 00:51:37,367
for the construction project to ensure the safety

1068
00:51:37,467 --> 00:51:39,834
of the workers as well as the safety of the public

1069
00:51:40,000 --> 00:51:41,867
around the project site.

1070
00:51:43,100 --> 00:51:45,700
So starting off we did some Demo

1071
00:51:45,867 --> 00:51:48,100
of the existing facilities.

1072
00:51:48,033 --> 00:51:51,467
So mostly the fencing at the soccer field,

1073
00:51:51,667 --> 00:51:52,734
the tennis courts,

1074
00:51:52,934 --> 00:51:56,467
and then as well as at the existing field

1075
00:51:57,667 --> 00:52:02,567
by the existing school at the existing school field.

1076
00:52:02,734 --> 00:52:04,100
If you guys have been over there.

1077
00:52:04,867 --> 00:52:07,767
We started out working with some silt sock to make sure

1078
00:52:07,767 --> 00:52:11,367
that any of the storm water was taken care

1079
00:52:11,367 --> 00:52:15,233
of while we dug up for the new construction entrance.

1080
00:52:15,300 --> 00:52:16,767
This helps make sure any

1081
00:52:18,100 --> 00:52:20,934
mud isn't tracked into the roadways.

1082
00:52:22,734 --> 00:52:27,367
Okay. From there we began stripping the top soil off for

1083
00:52:27,367 --> 00:52:30,033
what will be the major storm basin

1084
00:52:31,033 --> 00:52:34,700
that will end up collecting most of the storm water

1085
00:52:35,367 --> 00:52:39,066
for the project and a new school as we move forward.

1086
00:52:40,000 --> 00:52:42,333
If you drive by there, you'll see we made a lot

1087
00:52:42,333 --> 00:52:44,634
of more progress since this photo was taken.

1088
00:52:45,433 --> 00:52:48,333
So we're really moving at a good pace over there.

1089
00:52:50,133 --> 00:52:52,533
And lastly, just showing that the tree clearing

1090
00:52:52,533 --> 00:52:56,834
that was involved with the basin area

1091
00:52:59,100 --> 00:53:00,100
across the street.

1092
00:53:00,133 --> 00:53:02,767
Little lion drive, we've started by

1093
00:53:03,634 --> 00:53:06,934
doing some tree clearing along that roadway that'll allow

1094
00:53:06,934 --> 00:53:10,700
for the new grading, the new roadway there as well

1095
00:53:10,700 --> 00:53:11,867
as the sidewalk.

1096
00:53:12,266 --> 00:53:15,834
So that gives us space for, for those new improvements

1097
00:53:17,834 --> 00:53:21,567
We put in a different type of construction entrance,

1098
00:53:22,166 --> 00:53:24,300
which is the yellow plates.

1099
00:53:25,166 --> 00:53:27,266
Those are not so fun to drive over,

1100
00:53:27,500 --> 00:53:29,333
but they do keep the mud off the road

1101
00:53:29,467 --> 00:53:31,000
and that's what's important here.

1102
00:53:31,166 --> 00:53:35,266
So in addition to that, we've put up the perimeter fencing

1103
00:53:36,033 --> 00:53:40,133
for the project up on Amble Wood way.

1104
00:53:40,634 --> 00:53:44,333
With this evolved most of our tree clearing operations

1105
00:53:45,000 --> 00:53:47,500
to cut in what will be that new roadway and

1106
00:53:47,500 --> 00:53:48,734
and intersection there.

1107
00:53:49,300 --> 00:53:52,533
So these are just some of the photos for that progress,

1108
00:53:53,066 --> 00:53:56,934
which has continued very well since then.

1109
00:53:58,433 --> 00:54:00,767
And as of today,

1110
00:54:00,867 --> 00:54:04,734
we're actually at 35 days without a recordable incident.

1111
00:54:05,133 --> 00:54:07,934
So we plan on keeping that moving upwards.

1112
00:54:09,433 --> 00:54:10,533
Some upcoming work.

1113
00:54:10,667 --> 00:54:12,834
So again, we've been working on completing the rest

1114
00:54:12,867 --> 00:54:14,133
of the cheer tree clearing

1115
00:54:14,734 --> 00:54:18,000
and getting any of that debris removed from the site.

1116
00:54:18,133 --> 00:54:21,700
Putting up the rest of the perimeter construction fencing.

1117
00:54:21,700 --> 00:54:25,333
And we'll be putting up the signage as well for that.

1118
00:54:26,233 --> 00:54:29,767
As I mentioned, we've been working, which is SCM four,

1119
00:54:29,767 --> 00:54:32,767
which is the stormwater basin over at the existing school.

1120
00:54:32,934 --> 00:54:36,100
So we'll continue working on getting that established

1121
00:54:37,367 --> 00:54:41,266
as well as the stormwater management

1122
00:54:41,266 --> 00:54:42,567
along Little Lion Drive.

1123
00:54:42,834 --> 00:54:46,700
So you'll see some signage going up for that as we look

1124
00:54:46,700 --> 00:54:48,367
to get in the stormwater piping there.

1125
00:54:48,834 --> 00:54:50,300
So any questions?

1126
00:54:52,867 --> 00:54:54,266
- Can you go back to slide nine?

1127
00:54:58,500 --> 00:55:00,567
Yeah. Right here. So my, my question is,

1128
00:55:01,133 --> 00:55:04,133
this is like the best sledding hill in my area.

1129
00:55:04,367 --> 00:55:07,100
Are we gonna lose that? I just,

1130
00:55:08,634 --> 00:55:11,000
- If it's inside the fencing, then yes. Ah

1131
00:55:11,100 --> 00:55:12,100
- Man.

1132
00:55:12,100 --> 00:55:16,066
Okay. All right Rob,

1133
00:55:16,066 --> 00:55:17,300
asking important questions.

1134
00:55:18,100 --> 00:55:20,033
Any other questions? One

1135
00:55:20,033 --> 00:55:23,066
- Other thing to note, we as we work towards getting Amble

1136
00:55:23,066 --> 00:55:26,066
wood way established as the construction entrance,

1137
00:55:27,000 --> 00:55:29,834
pat Patton Township Planning Commission asked us to try

1138
00:55:29,834 --> 00:55:33,133
to do that in mounting to 120 working days.

1139
00:55:34,533 --> 00:55:37,500
They did ask for an update and it's on my calendar.

1140
00:55:37,500 --> 00:55:40,000
Provide that here in the next week

1141
00:55:40,000 --> 00:55:43,266
or so to them so that they have that update of where we are

1142
00:55:43,266 --> 00:55:45,367
and we are on track to meet that deadline.

1143
00:55:45,867 --> 00:55:48,567
- Yep. - Okay. That's impressive

1144
00:55:48,900 --> 00:55:49,900
- Of all the rain.

1145
00:55:50,634 --> 00:55:52,700
Oh yeah, we've had a lot of rain so that's great.

1146
00:55:52,767 --> 00:55:55,567
- There's a lot of water in that basin already. Yes, yes.

1147
00:55:57,100 --> 00:56:00,567
Good. Okay. Alright, thanks very much for joining us.

1148
00:56:01,233 --> 00:56:05,767
- Thank you. - Next I'd like

1149
00:56:05,767 --> 00:56:07,533
to invite Joe Lye

1150
00:56:08,000 --> 00:56:11,500
to provide an update on the 20 26 20 27 preliminary

1151
00:56:11,834 --> 00:56:12,867
financial schedule.

1152
00:56:16,367 --> 00:56:17,367
Welcome Joe.

1153
00:56:25,266 --> 00:56:26,333
- I promised Lynn

1154
00:56:26,333 --> 00:56:29,266
that I keep this fif this one page memo under 15 minutes.

1155
00:56:29,367 --> 00:56:30,567
So hopefully we can hit that.

1156
00:56:31,734 --> 00:56:35,000
So this is over the next three to four months what all

1157
00:56:35,000 --> 00:56:36,767
of our reporting deadlines are

1158
00:56:37,000 --> 00:56:39,333
and what we're going to do to try to get everything approved

1159
00:56:39,333 --> 00:56:43,066
before the end of the year are a FR submission

1160
00:56:43,667 --> 00:56:46,500
and our Emma, which is our bond issuances

1161
00:56:46,500 --> 00:56:48,767
and our, all of our continuing disclosures we need to do

1162
00:56:48,834 --> 00:56:49,934
to be in compliance with that.

1163
00:56:50,634 --> 00:56:54,000
I think the biggest changes you will see occur in October

1164
00:56:54,066 --> 00:56:55,734
where it is moved up a little bit.

1165
00:56:55,734 --> 00:56:58,734
Those are going to be a lot of work

1166
00:56:58,734 --> 00:57:00,100
for the accounting department to hit.

1167
00:57:00,767 --> 00:57:03,000
We're playing a little bit of catch up after the last month,

1168
00:57:03,000 --> 00:57:05,834
but I think we're gonna be doing okay after that.

1169
00:57:06,133 --> 00:57:10,000
It, the board schedule is pretty much one day earlier than

1170
00:57:10,000 --> 00:57:11,033
what it was last year.

1171
00:57:11,066 --> 00:57:12,066
So we get back on schedule.

1172
00:57:12,166 --> 00:57:15,100
So we're gonna really be cranking over the next 30 days

1173
00:57:15,100 --> 00:57:18,767
or so and then we should be in pretty good shape with that.

1174
00:57:19,100 --> 00:57:22,133
I will ask any questions and hopefully I kept it on time.

1175
00:57:25,367 --> 00:57:28,100
- You have 13 minutes left right? Yeah. Okay.

1176
00:57:28,300 --> 00:57:30,066
Have a song or a date. That's right. Yeah.

1177
00:57:30,233 --> 00:57:34,300
You don't want that. Alright, thank you Joe. Thank you.

1178
00:57:35,033 --> 00:57:38,934
Very helpful. All right, Dr.

1179
00:57:39,100 --> 00:57:41,834
Dimo now is gonna provide our final report of the evening.

1180
00:57:42,266 --> 00:57:45,033
She's gonna tell us about several policy revisions Ann?

1181
00:57:45,500 --> 00:57:48,000
- Yes. So we have seven policies

1182
00:57:48,667 --> 00:57:52,133
and majority of them are just in relation to

1183
00:57:52,867 --> 00:57:56,033
A-P-S-B-A recommendations.

1184
00:57:56,467 --> 00:57:59,533
So first 1 26 class size.

1185
00:58:00,133 --> 00:58:03,133
That was adopted first in 2001.

1186
00:58:03,266 --> 00:58:05,266
It was revised in 2012.

1187
00:58:05,900 --> 00:58:09,066
So we were due for an update probably anyway,

1188
00:58:09,433 --> 00:58:12,100
but we adopted some PSBA language

1189
00:58:12,634 --> 00:58:15,834
and we did fix some wording to reflect our process.

1190
00:58:16,133 --> 00:58:17,567
'cause sometimes we'll look at policy

1191
00:58:17,667 --> 00:58:20,000
and we'll be like, wait, is this actually what we're doing?

1192
00:58:20,367 --> 00:58:22,300
And so we'll tweak it if it's not.

1193
00:58:22,500 --> 00:58:26,700
But do you all have any questions on class

1194
00:58:27,066 --> 00:58:28,033
size 1 26?

1195
00:58:29,734 --> 00:58:30,734
Yes.

1196
00:58:32,233 --> 00:58:36,133
- Sorry, one thing I didn't have time to check today

1197
00:58:36,233 --> 00:58:38,300
and the policy thing was down over the weekend

1198
00:58:38,500 --> 00:58:39,500
when I did think of it.

1199
00:58:41,000 --> 00:58:43,767
In our new policy environment,

1200
00:58:44,467 --> 00:58:48,834
are the administrative regulations attached to the policies?

1201
00:58:48,834 --> 00:58:50,066
Like they were in the old environment?

1202
00:58:50,767 --> 00:58:52,133
- They should be in general. Okay.

1203
00:58:52,266 --> 00:58:54,000
And I met with Jeanie today

1204
00:58:54,333 --> 00:58:58,000
and you know sometimes there are a few policies

1205
00:58:58,000 --> 00:58:59,567
that actually don't have ars.

1206
00:58:59,634 --> 00:59:02,300
Right. So, but I will double check.

1207
00:59:02,567 --> 00:59:04,066
- But when they exist they should be there.

1208
00:59:04,066 --> 00:59:06,033
Like they were in the old. Right. Great. And

1209
00:59:06,033 --> 00:59:07,300
- I'll confirm with Jeanie tomorrow

1210
00:59:07,667 --> 00:59:10,066
and then just report back to you all. Okay,

1211
00:59:10,133 --> 00:59:11,133
- Thanks.

1212
00:59:11,133 --> 00:59:13,934
And then on this particular one, just to be clear, yes.

1213
00:59:14,033 --> 00:59:16,834
Were there any recommendation, any recommended changes

1214
00:59:17,500 --> 00:59:22,033
to the administrative regulations for the class size policy?

1215
00:59:23,934 --> 00:59:25,834
- I'm, - Because most of the meat

1216
00:59:25,834 --> 00:59:27,567
of it is in the administrative regulations.

1217
00:59:28,000 --> 00:59:32,500
- Correct. And what, what our meetings kind

1218
00:59:32,500 --> 00:59:36,533
of do, well, we'll ask kind of, it's very much like us

1219
00:59:37,066 --> 00:59:38,934
learning the, the board members learning

1220
00:59:39,033 --> 00:59:40,066
or asking questions.

1221
00:59:40,634 --> 00:59:42,567
And so oftentimes we'll say, oh

1222
00:59:42,634 --> 00:59:46,367
so is this gonna be in administrative regulations?

1223
00:59:46,934 --> 00:59:49,734
And right now, like I have all the comments between

1224
00:59:50,166 --> 00:59:52,500
the board and then administrators responding

1225
00:59:52,700 --> 00:59:54,867
and I'm getting the circling on my computer.

1226
00:59:55,100 --> 00:59:56,700
So hopefully that will arrive soon.

1227
00:59:58,333 --> 01:00:00,834
But I

1228
01:00:01,000 --> 01:00:04,000
believe, I don't recall any changes.

1229
01:00:04,367 --> 01:00:08,333
I don't recall any of the ones. What

1230
01:00:08,333 --> 01:00:09,333
- Was the question?

1231
01:00:09,500 --> 01:00:11,133
Are there any recommended changes

1232
01:00:11,433 --> 01:00:14,100
to the administrative regulations about the class sizes?

1233
01:00:15,467 --> 01:00:18,367
- Our questions were more about like how does

1234
01:00:18,367 --> 01:00:20,000
that happen and those kinds of things.

1235
01:00:20,000 --> 01:00:21,500
- No, not at this - Time. Yeah.

1236
01:00:22,066 --> 01:00:27,033
- Thanks. Yeah, - So we're moving forward then.

1237
01:00:27,133 --> 01:00:30,934
Okay. So then policy 2 0 6

1238
01:00:31,734 --> 01:00:36,066
is a assignment with in the district

1239
01:00:36,467 --> 01:00:40,100
and that ended up being really much more about twins

1240
01:00:40,133 --> 01:00:41,934
and nons sibling twins.

1241
01:00:42,567 --> 01:00:46,567
And so we adopted the PSBA

1242
01:00:46,567 --> 01:00:47,767
recommended language.

1243
01:00:48,133 --> 01:00:51,100
And just so you know, that was first adopted in 2009

1244
01:00:51,900 --> 01:00:54,467
and then, you know, 2026.

1245
01:00:54,734 --> 01:00:58,300
So any questions

1246
01:00:58,667 --> 01:01:00,100
about that?

1247
01:01:01,100 --> 01:01:03,066
- I just like the phrase higher order multiples.

1248
01:01:03,367 --> 01:01:05,834
- Yeah. Yeah. We learned a lot. Yeah.

1249
01:01:07,567 --> 01:01:09,700
- Deb, go ahead. - I do have a question. I'm sorry.

1250
01:01:11,033 --> 01:01:14,333
I know this is not often or likely yes,

1251
01:01:14,634 --> 01:01:18,066
but non twin siblings in the same grade

1252
01:01:18,900 --> 01:01:21,266
that could be fostered, it could be adopted, you know,

1253
01:01:21,300 --> 01:01:22,367
it's not impossible.

1254
01:01:22,533 --> 01:01:26,867
Would they be given the same ability

1255
01:01:28,033 --> 01:01:32,700
to make preferences known as the parents of twins?

1256
01:01:33,133 --> 01:01:36,233
- And Jonathan might be able to back me up.

1257
01:01:37,000 --> 01:01:41,934
We talked about it in terms of their specific, like the

1258
01:01:42,634 --> 01:01:45,500
law specifies for

1259
01:01:46,467 --> 01:01:48,066
twins in particular.

1260
01:01:49,066 --> 01:01:53,367
And so that that is the distinction.

1261
01:01:54,133 --> 01:01:56,867
'cause I asked a question about parental notification

1262
01:01:58,033 --> 01:01:59,266
of the nont twins

1263
01:01:59,300 --> 01:02:00,500
and that's how we learned

1264
01:02:00,634 --> 01:02:05,634
that twins are a unique population

1265
01:02:07,634 --> 01:02:09,367
- Based in school code. In school code. Yes.

1266
01:02:09,367 --> 01:02:10,433
- They're treated uniquely.

1267
01:02:10,734 --> 01:02:12,700
- Yes. Okay. Does that, so if,

1268
01:02:13,100 --> 01:02:16,500
well it doesn't preclude us from giving the same

1269
01:02:17,033 --> 01:02:18,033
consideration I guess.

1270
01:02:18,634 --> 01:02:20,066
And so that's just something

1271
01:02:20,867 --> 01:02:23,100
like the way I'm reading this, right?

1272
01:02:23,000 --> 01:02:26,100
If I am a parent of twins, I can say yes,

1273
01:02:26,066 --> 01:02:27,934
I would really like them to be in the same class

1274
01:02:28,000 --> 01:02:30,367
or no, I really don't want them to be in the same class

1275
01:02:30,900 --> 01:02:33,934
because almost by definition,

1276
01:02:33,934 --> 01:02:35,734
because of their age, they're in the same grade.

1277
01:02:36,700 --> 01:02:39,700
But it is possible if one were accelerated and one were not,

1278
01:02:39,734 --> 01:02:40,734
or one were held back

1279
01:02:40,734 --> 01:02:43,266
and one were not, that they might not be in the same grade

1280
01:02:43,266 --> 01:02:44,433
and then that goes away.

1281
01:02:45,000 --> 01:02:48,567
But if you have students who are siblings but not twins

1282
01:02:49,066 --> 01:02:50,567
and they end up in the same grade,

1283
01:02:52,834 --> 01:02:55,834
to me not having been part of your conversation in policy,

1284
01:02:56,133 --> 01:02:58,266
it would feel like you might give the same

1285
01:02:58,567 --> 01:02:59,700
consideration to those parents.

1286
01:03:00,066 --> 01:03:03,166
Because whether or not they are twins

1287
01:03:03,266 --> 01:03:05,867
or just siblings being in the same class

1288
01:03:06,000 --> 01:03:07,166
or not being in the same class

1289
01:03:08,634 --> 01:03:10,133
feels like a similar consideration.

1290
01:03:10,133 --> 01:03:12,000
Yeah. So that's why I'm bringing it up. Well it

1291
01:03:12,000 --> 01:03:13,000
- Is.

1292
01:03:13,000 --> 01:03:14,166
'cause I did ask a question about

1293
01:03:15,100 --> 01:03:16,500
that particular stipulation

1294
01:03:16,634 --> 01:03:21,433
and she said school code provides no statutory obligation

1295
01:03:21,500 --> 01:03:22,900
for non twin siblings.

1296
01:03:23,533 --> 01:03:27,133
So it's based on that. Does that not answer your question?

1297
01:03:28,066 --> 01:03:31,000
- So I hear that school code does not require it.

1298
01:03:31,333 --> 01:03:33,500
I guess I'm asking would we like

1299
01:03:33,567 --> 01:03:36,900
to offer it even if school code does not require it?

1300
01:03:39,033 --> 01:03:40,834
And the answer is maybe not,

1301
01:03:41,133 --> 01:03:42,133
- Maybe not.

1302
01:03:42,634 --> 01:03:47,100
It gets very messy. Okay.

1303
01:03:47,100 --> 01:03:48,900
Because you might not be able to offer it

1304
01:03:49,033 --> 01:03:50,567
or might not be able to do it.

1305
01:03:53,300 --> 01:03:54,934
It, it could be a consideration

1306
01:03:55,300 --> 01:03:58,433
that in each individual administrator could take into

1307
01:03:58,834 --> 01:04:00,834
consideration, but it might be difficult

1308
01:04:01,033 --> 01:04:02,500
to do it for all siblings.

1309
01:04:02,900 --> 01:04:06,900
Right. You know, given that there might be multiple siblings

1310
01:04:07,233 --> 01:04:10,367
and you know, if they fail or not fail

1311
01:04:10,467 --> 01:04:12,667
or whatever the circumstances are.

1312
01:04:14,367 --> 01:04:18,100
- Yes. And sometimes adopted children can be in about the

1313
01:04:18,100 --> 01:04:21,667
same age and, and you might,

1314
01:04:22,533 --> 01:04:24,266
that might make it even more complicated.

1315
01:04:24,867 --> 01:04:28,033
- Right. So I guess, yeah. Jen did you want

1316
01:04:28,033 --> 01:04:29,667
- To, maybe Danielle

1317
01:04:29,667 --> 01:04:31,567
or Jonathan would be able to speak on this?

1318
01:04:31,700 --> 01:04:35,066
I don't know, but I would assume that we would

1319
01:04:37,667 --> 01:04:42,333
take it on a case by case basis regardless of whether

1320
01:04:43,166 --> 01:04:47,834
it's outward, you know, whether it's stated specifically

1321
01:04:49,100 --> 01:04:50,033
and handle it.

1322
01:04:51,767 --> 01:04:53,133
Like, because this isn't,

1323
01:04:53,100 --> 01:04:55,133
I mean this is something very hypothetical

1324
01:04:55,133 --> 01:04:56,133
that could definitely happen,

1325
01:04:56,233 --> 01:04:59,000
but it's, I'm not like all the time you've got

1326
01:05:01,634 --> 01:05:02,667
siblings, you know what I mean?

1327
01:05:02,734 --> 01:05:04,100
It, so I feel like it will come up

1328
01:05:04,100 --> 01:05:05,700
and I feel like we would handle it

1329
01:05:06,333 --> 01:05:09,934
and we wouldn't want to exclude people in those different

1330
01:05:09,934 --> 01:05:12,000
situations just because they're not twins.

1331
01:05:12,834 --> 01:05:15,500
So I just wanna make sure that we're not saying we would ex,

1332
01:05:15,734 --> 01:05:17,333
you know, not let them decide.

1333
01:05:17,834 --> 01:05:20,300
- Yeah, and and I'll just give my experience.

1334
01:05:20,367 --> 01:05:24,133
So my wife's a twin, I have twins.

1335
01:05:24,133 --> 01:05:26,100
I think some members on the board have twins as well.

1336
01:05:26,000 --> 01:05:29,133
So I think it's more of, yes, we would absolutely work

1337
01:05:29,133 --> 01:05:31,100
with families and if we can make it work and,

1338
01:05:31,367 --> 01:05:32,867
and there's the logistics.

1339
01:05:33,333 --> 01:05:34,567
Sure it makes sense.

1340
01:05:35,367 --> 01:05:37,033
But there are, CJ said there are some times

1341
01:05:37,033 --> 01:05:39,266
where it may be very tricky.

1342
01:05:40,066 --> 01:05:43,266
I think what really just comes down to is legally parents

1343
01:05:43,266 --> 01:05:46,133
of twins have the right to select that they're together

1344
01:05:46,834 --> 01:05:50,100
or they're separate due to attachment or various reasons.

1345
01:05:50,133 --> 01:05:52,367
So that's, I think where it comes down to they legally have

1346
01:05:52,367 --> 01:05:53,567
that right to be together

1347
01:05:54,133 --> 01:05:56,634
and we would, I think we always try to work with families

1348
01:05:57,000 --> 01:05:59,066
as much as we are able to where it makes sense.

1349
01:06:00,934 --> 01:06:04,066
- Thank you. Yeah, I would, as the parent

1350
01:06:04,066 --> 01:06:07,000
of twins on the board, I I would back that up

1351
01:06:07,000 --> 01:06:10,100
and I, I know there are, just in my own personal experience,

1352
01:06:10,100 --> 01:06:14,467
there were some challenges for the school environment at one

1353
01:06:14,467 --> 01:06:16,266
point to accommodate a request.

1354
01:06:16,433 --> 01:06:19,734
And, and I was okay

1355
01:06:19,734 --> 01:06:22,567
with my request not being accommodated when explanations

1356
01:06:22,567 --> 01:06:24,233
were given as to why it would be challenging.

1357
01:06:24,867 --> 01:06:26,634
So I mean, I appreciate that the law

1358
01:06:26,934 --> 01:06:30,033
provided me the right to make that request and have that,

1359
01:06:30,333 --> 01:06:33,100
but I do know, yeah, there can be a variety

1360
01:06:33,133 --> 01:06:36,700
of issues at play such as like, you know, trying

1361
01:06:36,700 --> 01:06:39,834
to balance classrooms in terms of number of Gifted kids,

1362
01:06:39,834 --> 01:06:42,100
number of kids with IEPs, number of kids with variety

1363
01:06:42,133 --> 01:06:43,533
of other challenges.

1364
01:06:43,533 --> 01:06:45,033
And in our, some of our smaller buildings

1365
01:06:45,033 --> 01:06:47,834
where we may only have two classes of a certain grade level,

1366
01:06:47,834 --> 01:06:50,634
that can get challenging in the elementary

1367
01:06:50,634 --> 01:06:51,867
grades in particular.

1368
01:06:52,133 --> 01:06:53,934
So I, I mean, I'm with you Deb.

1369
01:06:54,100 --> 01:06:57,066
I think, I think the point you make is good that, you know,

1370
01:06:57,066 --> 01:07:00,066
we want the community to know we, our expectation

1371
01:07:00,100 --> 01:07:02,000
for our administration is to try to do

1372
01:07:02,000 --> 01:07:03,734
what everybody thinks is best for kids.

1373
01:07:04,166 --> 01:07:07,834
But policy wise, our obligation is to keep things at the,

1374
01:07:08,734 --> 01:07:10,767
I think Scott would argue we should have it at the minimum

1375
01:07:10,767 --> 01:07:13,033
legal level of what we're obligated to do.

1376
01:07:14,133 --> 01:07:16,700
But certainly it's sometimes in policy we, we have language

1377
01:07:16,700 --> 01:07:18,300
where we allude to that.

1378
01:07:18,300 --> 01:07:22,066
We try to do things that benefit kids and stuff like that.

1379
01:07:22,166 --> 01:07:24,867
So, but don't wanna put us in a place where we're

1380
01:07:25,767 --> 01:07:27,100
backing ourselves into a corner.

1381
01:07:27,467 --> 01:07:31,033
So yeah, that's all

1382
01:07:31,734 --> 01:07:33,033
- Helpful conversation.

1383
01:07:33,033 --> 01:07:34,033
Yeah.

1384
01:07:36,934 --> 01:07:38,700
- Are we allowed to explore? I think so. Okay. Great.

1385
01:07:39,266 --> 01:07:40,934
So next we Thank you Jonathan.

1386
01:07:41,567 --> 01:07:46,000
We are in policy two 14 class rank.

1387
01:07:47,166 --> 01:07:51,033
So added new recommended language in the authority section

1388
01:07:51,533 --> 01:07:55,367
that was an adoption of PSBA recommended language.

1389
01:07:57,133 --> 01:08:01,500
And the conversation

1390
01:08:02,367 --> 01:08:03,767
was really about

1391
01:08:08,266 --> 01:08:12,367
where does grade point average and class rank start.

1392
01:08:12,934 --> 01:08:14,100
And there was a clarification

1393
01:08:14,100 --> 01:08:16,033
that it does start in ninth grade.

1394
01:08:21,033 --> 01:08:23,634
So do you guys have any questions? Yeah,

1395
01:08:24,033 --> 01:08:25,033
- I do.

1396
01:08:25,133 --> 01:08:29,000
So my understanding is that

1397
01:08:30,166 --> 01:08:32,634
unless students retrieve their transcript,

1398
01:08:32,734 --> 01:08:34,000
they won't know where they fall.

1399
01:08:38,033 --> 01:08:41,133
- I don't feel, I think that is an administrative question,

1400
01:08:41,567 --> 01:08:43,567
not an and policy question.

1401
01:08:44,033 --> 01:08:45,367
I know as a parent I have an answer,

1402
01:08:45,667 --> 01:08:47,066
but I think that's correct.

1403
01:08:48,066 --> 01:08:51,300
- And so most students would not know what their rank was

1404
01:08:51,900 --> 01:08:53,734
unless they were a group of a handful of students

1405
01:08:54,133 --> 01:08:55,500
entering senior year where they were

1406
01:08:56,000 --> 01:08:57,033
alerted to their status.

1407
01:08:57,033 --> 01:08:59,300
Is that correct? Correct. Okay.

1408
01:08:59,333 --> 01:09:03,567
So like the, that would be the valedictorian, the salutorian

1409
01:09:03,700 --> 01:09:05,100
and then the honor scholars.

1410
01:09:05,100 --> 01:09:07,300
Correct. That's where they would, most students would learn

1411
01:09:07,300 --> 01:09:10,266
that unless they explicitly called up their transcript

1412
01:09:10,934 --> 01:09:13,000
to find out where their rank was on that transcript.

1413
01:09:13,066 --> 01:09:14,834
- Yeah. It's not front facing.

1414
01:09:15,033 --> 01:09:17,734
- It doesn't, it doesn't get reported on the report card

1415
01:09:17,900 --> 01:09:19,033
regularly or something.

1416
01:09:19,066 --> 01:09:21,066
No. Okay. No. Yeah.

1417
01:09:23,066 --> 01:09:24,934
So I'll just ask where it says all students in the

1418
01:09:25,100 --> 01:09:26,000
district shall be ranked together.

1419
01:09:26,000 --> 01:09:27,567
That means that Delta high

1420
01:09:27,667 --> 01:09:30,100
and state higher are pulled together. Okay.

1421
01:09:30,100 --> 01:09:31,100
- Yes. 'cause they're going

1422
01:09:31,100 --> 01:09:32,634
to the same graduation. Gotcha. Okay.

1423
01:09:32,867 --> 01:09:34,333
- Yeah, that was one of the questions there,

1424
01:09:34,500 --> 01:09:35,500
- So thank you for that.

1425
01:09:35,500 --> 01:09:37,066
Can I ask the student representatives, what do you guys,

1426
01:09:37,300 --> 01:09:39,500
what are this discussion of rank at school look like?

1427
01:09:40,567 --> 01:09:44,266
- We were not aware that, from what I know, I wasn't aware

1428
01:09:44,266 --> 01:09:45,867
that we were allowed to call up

1429
01:09:45,900 --> 01:09:47,700
and ask about what our ranks were.

1430
01:09:48,033 --> 01:09:52,567
I know that we have, we give sort of awards

1431
01:09:52,700 --> 01:09:55,333
and you get no, you get notified if you're top 10%.

1432
01:09:55,934 --> 01:09:57,867
But other than that we weren't aware.

1433
01:09:58,133 --> 01:10:00,367
We could make it aware. Like we could let people know about

1434
01:10:00,367 --> 01:10:01,700
that if they're really that curious.

1435
01:10:02,066 --> 01:10:04,033
But those are my notes.

1436
01:10:06,700 --> 01:10:09,634
- Yep. - Sorry, I do have a question.

1437
01:10:10,100 --> 01:10:12,533
The old policy Yes.

1438
01:10:12,900 --> 01:10:15,734
Was explicit that the ranking

1439
01:10:16,567 --> 01:10:19,634
was based on the weighted GPA

1440
01:10:20,266 --> 01:10:24,934
and the new policy is not specific

1441
01:10:25,734 --> 01:10:28,500
and just says it's based on the GPA.

1442
01:10:29,667 --> 01:10:31,567
I'm guessing that that's gonna be in the

1443
01:10:31,567 --> 01:10:33,000
administrative regulations.

1444
01:10:33,834 --> 01:10:35,467
- I post that similar - Question

1445
01:10:35,634 --> 01:10:38,834
and I'm just curious, do we know how we're doing it?

1446
01:10:38,867 --> 01:10:40,500
Are we making a change? Is it,

1447
01:10:42,033 --> 01:10:45,033
- I will double check, but based on the comments here,

1448
01:10:45,867 --> 01:10:48,000
I believe it is in the AR

1449
01:10:50,567 --> 01:10:53,300
because I said how does the weighted unweighted GPA

1450
01:10:53,300 --> 01:10:54,500
figure into class rank?

1451
01:10:55,634 --> 01:11:00,567
Amy weighed in assuming it was gonna be in the ar.

1452
01:11:01,133 --> 01:11:03,867
But I will clarify that with Jeanne.

1453
01:11:04,066 --> 01:11:06,100
- It is, it is in the ar. Great.

1454
01:11:06,266 --> 01:11:08,100
Our procedures for class rank. Great.

1455
01:11:08,734 --> 01:11:10,333
- So just for clarity,

1456
01:11:11,100 --> 01:11:13,100
is it based on the weighted or unweighted?

1457
01:11:14,100 --> 01:11:15,233
- I'm more sure it's the weighted.

1458
01:11:15,300 --> 01:11:17,734
- Okay. So it'll remain as it's always been.

1459
01:11:17,867 --> 01:11:20,567
It's just in the AR instead of, okay.

1460
01:11:20,767 --> 01:11:23,033
I wasn't sure if there was a change happening. No, no.

1461
01:11:23,033 --> 01:11:24,100
Given that it was taken out.

1462
01:11:24,567 --> 01:11:27,266
- It was just in the ar. - Thanks. Yep.

1463
01:11:30,033 --> 01:11:31,834
- Aaron, am I okay to move ahead? Yeah.

1464
01:11:32,000 --> 01:11:33,700
- And Oh, - Oh yeah,

1465
01:11:33,900 --> 01:11:34,900
- I'm sorry.

1466
01:11:34,900 --> 01:11:35,500
Would the consideration

1467
01:11:35,567 --> 01:11:40,100
of an unweighted GPA allow not allow more competitiveness

1468
01:11:42,100 --> 01:11:46,634
- Unweighted gpa - Since weighted G unweighted?

1469
01:11:46,767 --> 01:11:49,634
GPA takes into adv advance into consideration our

1470
01:11:50,767 --> 01:11:53,133
honors advanced AP classes,

1471
01:11:54,567 --> 01:11:55,567
- It's the other way around.

1472
01:11:55,567 --> 01:11:57,033
Oh, I'm so sorry. That's okay.

1473
01:11:57,500 --> 01:11:59,567
- But it is based on weighted, right? Yes, yes, yes.

1474
01:11:59,567 --> 01:12:01,066
That's what we were just talking about. I'm so sorry.

1475
01:12:01,300 --> 01:12:04,133
- No, you're good. I was with you.

1476
01:12:04,166 --> 01:12:05,734
I was like, wait, what? What are we doing? So,

1477
01:12:05,734 --> 01:12:07,667
- Yeah, it's confusing 'cause there's some colleges too that

1478
01:12:08,100 --> 01:12:09,300
only look at unweighted.

1479
01:12:09,300 --> 01:12:11,333
They won't look at weighted. There's all different

1480
01:12:11,333 --> 01:12:13,567
organizations approach it differently. So it's

1481
01:12:13,567 --> 01:12:14,567
- Totally reasonable.

1482
01:12:14,567 --> 01:12:18,133
Our unweighted GPA's not written on our transcripts.

1483
01:12:19,133 --> 01:12:20,266
Is there a reason for that?

1484
01:12:21,333 --> 01:12:23,100
Would would I have to bring that up with the High School

1485
01:12:23,867 --> 01:12:25,333
count admin?

1486
01:12:25,333 --> 01:12:26,367
Yeah, admin. You would talk

1487
01:12:26,367 --> 01:12:28,333
- To the counselor or, - Alright.

1488
01:12:30,233 --> 01:12:31,867
- Okay. I think, - Yeah.

1489
01:12:32,000 --> 01:12:33,166
You mean in order to be able to find it,

1490
01:12:33,166 --> 01:12:34,667
to put it on college applications?

1491
01:12:34,867 --> 01:12:36,300
Right? Yeah.

1492
01:12:36,634 --> 01:12:39,033
I, I feel like when my kids went through it, they had

1493
01:12:39,033 --> 01:12:41,500
to call the counseling office and be like, Hey, can you,

1494
01:12:42,634 --> 01:12:44,500
- It is possibly, I mean I, but I'm not

1495
01:12:44,500 --> 01:12:45,266
- Sure. Certainly

1496
01:12:45,300 --> 01:12:47,166
- The Superintendent could look, could do it too.

1497
01:12:47,166 --> 01:12:50,500
But I think at one point some of it may have been related

1498
01:12:50,500 --> 01:12:51,834
to our student information system

1499
01:12:51,934 --> 01:12:54,100
and I don't know, as we've evolved PowerSchool more

1500
01:12:54,133 --> 01:12:56,166
recently, if there's a way to access both of those.

1501
01:12:56,533 --> 01:12:57,900
'cause my kids just started college

1502
01:12:58,000 --> 01:12:59,266
and just did that process last year.

1503
01:12:59,700 --> 01:13:01,266
So it was still an issue where they had to

1504
01:13:01,900 --> 01:13:03,300
request the unweighted

1505
01:13:05,100 --> 01:13:06,100
- Yeah.

1506
01:13:06,100 --> 01:13:06,634
- Numbers for their - Applications.

1507
01:13:06,667 --> 01:13:07,834
I'll bring it up at school.

1508
01:13:08,000 --> 01:13:10,300
- Yeah, it might be both a tech, it could be a tech

1509
01:13:10,767 --> 01:13:11,867
and counseling question.

1510
01:13:12,033 --> 01:13:13,033
I don't know.

1511
01:13:15,634 --> 01:13:18,500
- Okay. Sorry. No, no. Thank you for that. So sorry.

1512
01:13:18,867 --> 01:13:20,867
No, you're good. Please. We appreciate you.

1513
01:13:21,700 --> 01:13:26,133
Okay, so now to policy eight 17 graduation,

1514
01:13:27,066 --> 01:13:28,767
there were significant revisions.

1515
01:13:28,867 --> 01:13:33,166
It was first adopted in 2003, revised in 2016.

1516
01:13:33,934 --> 01:13:36,100
We adopted the PSBA language.

1517
01:13:36,934 --> 01:13:40,900
Some of the specific requirements about graduation were

1518
01:13:41,033 --> 01:13:43,166
taken out the policy and,

1519
01:13:43,367 --> 01:13:46,433
but they are available on the webpage.

1520
01:13:46,433 --> 01:13:49,066
And I double check today that those are there

1521
01:13:50,100 --> 01:13:54,533
original language around attendance has been

1522
01:13:54,734 --> 01:13:58,066
for students with disabilities has been shifted

1523
01:13:58,133 --> 01:14:00,767
to PSBA recommended language,

1524
01:14:03,467 --> 01:14:06,500
again, language regarding vet veterans reflects now

1525
01:14:06,767 --> 01:14:08,533
PSBA language.

1526
01:14:09,266 --> 01:14:11,333
So, do you have a question?

1527
01:14:11,567 --> 01:14:13,734
- I did have a question about the veterans language.

1528
01:14:13,934 --> 01:14:17,567
I'm not sure there are many world wari veterans living

1529
01:14:18,367 --> 01:14:19,533
Yes. Who? Yeah,

1530
01:14:19,934 --> 01:14:22,333
- We, we, we just, we discussed that.

1531
01:14:24,000 --> 01:14:28,100
- Is it like a posthumous degree? I don't, yes. Okay.

1532
01:14:28,166 --> 01:14:30,333
- Most of 'em probably don't have school age children.

1533
01:14:31,066 --> 01:14:33,000
- Probably. - It's probably the code language

1534
01:14:33,000 --> 01:14:34,300
to the tree probably we can't remove

1535
01:14:34,300 --> 01:14:35,767
until the legislature removed

1536
01:14:35,767 --> 01:14:36,533
- It. Sure. Yeah.

1537
01:14:36,734 --> 01:14:38,367
- Oh, I'm glad you said that. Yes. Yeah.

1538
01:14:40,033 --> 01:14:41,533
- And, - And they're maybe busy

1539
01:14:41,533 --> 01:14:42,734
with some other things that's possible.

1540
01:14:42,734 --> 01:14:44,233
That's not really high on their list.

1541
01:14:44,567 --> 01:14:47,066
- I mean, both of my parents were too young to be in,

1542
01:14:47,467 --> 01:14:49,133
in World War ii. So

1543
01:14:50,033 --> 01:14:51,300
- My dad was in World War ii.

1544
01:14:51,433 --> 01:14:52,433
Yeah,

1545
01:14:54,233 --> 01:14:58,000
- I, I think taking the specific graduation requirements out

1546
01:14:58,000 --> 01:14:59,367
of the policy makes a lot of sense.

1547
01:15:00,266 --> 01:15:02,500
I just wanna make sure that wherever we're pointing people

1548
01:15:02,500 --> 01:15:04,066
to is fully up to date.

1549
01:15:04,667 --> 01:15:07,000
And the website that I found,

1550
01:15:10,000 --> 01:15:11,934
and I, I, I guess I didn't, I only searched

1551
01:15:12,000 --> 01:15:13,000
for it by keyword.

1552
01:15:13,033 --> 01:15:15,467
I didn't, you know, go down through the, the menus says

1553
01:15:15,467 --> 01:15:19,266
for classes of 2020 and beyond it.

1554
01:15:19,333 --> 01:15:21,867
So it doesn't include the personal finance,

1555
01:15:22,233 --> 01:15:24,133
which is I think a new requirement.

1556
01:15:25,133 --> 01:15:27,667
And it, so I'm wondering

1557
01:15:27,700 --> 01:15:30,133
where do we put the state requirements versus

1558
01:15:30,367 --> 01:15:31,867
the SCS D requirements?

1559
01:15:31,867 --> 01:15:34,634
Because per policy, the board Yeah.

1560
01:15:34,634 --> 01:15:38,767
- Yeah. - Gets to determine our SCS D requirements.

1561
01:15:39,567 --> 01:15:42,133
So that's the board, not an administrative regulation

1562
01:15:42,133 --> 01:15:44,266
because we don't write the administrative regulations,

1563
01:15:44,667 --> 01:15:46,734
but the state also has their own requirements.

1564
01:15:47,033 --> 01:15:48,033
So

1565
01:15:48,433 --> 01:15:50,734
- That's a good question because I look today

1566
01:15:50,734 --> 01:15:54,467
because prior to the previous policy meeting, one

1567
01:15:54,467 --> 01:15:57,433
of the requirements is keytones, right?

1568
01:15:57,433 --> 01:16:00,100
And so our little linked KEYTONES wasn't working.

1569
01:16:00,133 --> 01:16:02,767
And so I made sure today that was,

1570
01:16:02,867 --> 01:16:05,500
but I did not check personal finance. So

1571
01:16:05,734 --> 01:16:06,734
- Yeah.

1572
01:16:06,734 --> 01:16:08,634
And so again, the, the page that I found,

1573
01:16:09,367 --> 01:16:12,433
it just says graduation requirements slash registration.

1574
01:16:13,734 --> 01:16:15,900
It doesn't even list KEYTONES as a requirement.

1575
01:16:16,266 --> 01:16:18,133
So I don't know if that's an old page.

1576
01:16:18,367 --> 01:16:21,266
And again, if I had gone down through the menus,

1577
01:16:21,700 --> 01:16:23,233
I would've found a more UpToDate page.

1578
01:16:23,300 --> 01:16:24,433
But I just think it's something,

1579
01:16:25,100 --> 01:16:27,033
let's put a pin in that to make sure it gets,

1580
01:16:27,166 --> 01:16:30,467
- The graduation requirements are in the student handbook,

1581
01:16:30,667 --> 01:16:31,667
- Right?

1582
01:16:31,767 --> 01:16:33,634
- So it should have a list of

1583
01:16:33,634 --> 01:16:36,533
what the graduation requirements in that handbook. Okay.

1584
01:16:36,533 --> 01:16:38,934
- So, but I was able to find a page

1585
01:16:38,934 --> 01:16:41,033
that doesn't point me to the handbook.

1586
01:16:41,433 --> 01:16:44,367
So that'll send that link to Nabil.

1587
01:16:44,567 --> 01:16:46,767
- So Nabil and Nabil will you got it.

1588
01:16:46,867 --> 01:16:48,166
- Fix it. Okay. Thanks.

1589
01:16:49,467 --> 01:16:53,934
- Thank you. And then our next three,

1590
01:16:55,133 --> 01:16:58,000
I wanna thank Joe first help with they,

1591
01:16:58,300 --> 01:17:00,734
we reached way back in the archive for these.

1592
01:17:01,066 --> 01:17:05,533
So eight 11 bonding is first adopted in 1995,

1593
01:17:05,767 --> 01:17:07,667
last revised in 1999.

1594
01:17:08,533 --> 01:17:12,233
So these guidelines were modified to include a list

1595
01:17:12,233 --> 01:17:14,233
of employees that must be bonded.

1596
01:17:19,233 --> 01:17:21,000
PSBA doesn't include that,

1597
01:17:21,033 --> 01:17:24,033
but our team is so careful we wanted to include it.

1598
01:17:24,166 --> 01:17:27,100
So that was a good change.

1599
01:17:28,634 --> 01:17:33,467
Any questions about eight 11 Bonding. Okay, eight 12.

1600
01:17:33,934 --> 01:17:36,634
Again thanks to Joe adopted in 1999.

1601
01:17:37,266 --> 01:17:40,934
We added factors considered in the placement

1602
01:17:40,934 --> 01:17:43,100
of assurance in the authority section

1603
01:17:44,133 --> 01:17:48,033
and add added clarifying information about

1604
01:17:48,634 --> 01:17:53,100
the insurance advisor questions.

1605
01:17:54,333 --> 01:17:58,500
And then eight 13 insurance, other insurance revisions.

1606
01:17:59,133 --> 01:18:02,066
We added that language again about the appoint appointment

1607
01:18:02,100 --> 01:18:03,467
of an insurance advisor.

1608
01:18:05,433 --> 01:18:06,767
So that takes us through.

1609
01:18:07,834 --> 01:18:10,233
- All right, thank you. Thank you Ann.

1610
01:18:12,033 --> 01:18:13,867
So we now move on to board reports.

1611
01:18:13,867 --> 01:18:15,533
We have an opportunity for the board members

1612
01:18:15,634 --> 01:18:17,867
to share updates on their committee initiatives.

1613
01:18:18,433 --> 01:18:20,133
CIU report. Jennifer,

1614
01:18:21,533 --> 01:18:22,934
- We - Are meeting next week.

1615
01:18:23,834 --> 01:18:27,467
- Okay. Uhdi Ed Foundation. Deb?

1616
01:18:28,300 --> 01:18:32,934
- Yes. Gimme a second to look at my notes.

1617
01:18:37,066 --> 01:18:42,033
In our September meeting, we approved we,

1618
01:18:42,033 --> 01:18:46,100
that is the SCSI Ed Foundation approved some

1619
01:18:47,266 --> 01:18:51,900
use of E I T C funds, which I'd love

1620
01:18:51,900 --> 01:18:53,066
to tell you what that stands for.

1621
01:18:53,300 --> 01:18:54,467
And I can never remember,

1622
01:18:54,533 --> 01:18:58,033
but it has to do with a tax incentive for local businesses

1623
01:18:58,333 --> 01:19:00,767
and they can make a donation

1624
01:19:00,900 --> 01:19:03,033
and we And the schools can use it for stem.

1625
01:19:03,233 --> 01:19:06,300
Well, I think it has to be. Is it all stem?

1626
01:19:06,467 --> 01:19:07,767
Yeah, I think it's all STEM related.

1627
01:19:08,133 --> 01:19:11,133
Well our things are all STEM related. Yeah.

1628
01:19:11,133 --> 01:19:13,367
So there are other programs for other systems,

1629
01:19:13,533 --> 01:19:15,500
but the ones that apply to public schools are, yes.

1630
01:19:15,567 --> 01:19:18,433
Yeah. So anyway, we're getting some laser engravers

1631
01:19:18,433 --> 01:19:20,533
for our elementary STEM classrooms.

1632
01:19:21,500 --> 01:19:25,500
We approved a mental health request for some funds

1633
01:19:26,066 --> 01:19:28,500
for professional development, the lunch and learn things

1634
01:19:28,634 --> 01:19:30,533
and some universal behavioral screening.

1635
01:19:31,367 --> 01:19:34,934
We got an update. There was some proposed signage

1636
01:19:35,133 --> 01:19:39,000
for the wrestling room renovations that we had approved.

1637
01:19:39,166 --> 01:19:40,734
And so that should come to the board.

1638
01:19:40,867 --> 01:19:42,900
I asked that specifically whether that will come here

1639
01:19:42,900 --> 01:19:46,100
and it will talked about the budget.

1640
01:19:51,333 --> 01:19:53,033
They were under budget last year.

1641
01:19:54,767 --> 01:19:58,767
So there, the current anticipated budget is going a little

1642
01:19:58,767 --> 01:20:01,100
bit over the SCSI contribution.

1643
01:20:01,100 --> 01:20:03,634
But again, they can make that up from last year.

1644
01:20:05,033 --> 01:20:08,233
The ED foundation will be hiring a new person to do their

1645
01:20:09,300 --> 01:20:11,066
like media and communications

1646
01:20:11,066 --> 01:20:13,767
because the previous person left the position.

1647
01:20:14,133 --> 01:20:16,033
So we're in the process of working on that.

1648
01:20:18,066 --> 01:20:22,734
And the fall grants is open. Is that right? Is it open yet?

1649
01:20:23,467 --> 01:20:24,467
Cj, do you know?

1650
01:20:25,066 --> 01:20:26,266
- I don't think so. Is it?

1651
01:20:27,133 --> 01:20:28,100
- Yeah. Great. Got an email. Thank you.

1652
01:20:28,100 --> 01:20:29,367
Sorry, I should have known the date.

1653
01:20:29,834 --> 01:20:31,300
So for our local teachers,

1654
01:20:31,867 --> 01:20:33,567
and I think students can also apply,

1655
01:20:33,567 --> 01:20:35,333
there are the mini grants that you can request

1656
01:20:35,734 --> 01:20:37,934
through the foundation and that should be open.

1657
01:20:38,100 --> 01:20:39,333
So if you don't know what I'm talking about,

1658
01:20:40,700 --> 01:20:43,300
ask me afterwards or you know, get in touch

1659
01:20:43,300 --> 01:20:44,700
with your assistant Superintendent

1660
01:20:44,867 --> 01:20:46,533
who can point you in the right direction

1661
01:20:46,667 --> 01:20:47,834
to apply for those grants.

1662
01:20:49,367 --> 01:20:51,066
And I think that's it. I I

1663
01:20:51,066 --> 01:20:52,066
- Found it.

1664
01:20:52,066 --> 01:20:53,300
E I T C, ei.

1665
01:20:53,567 --> 01:20:57,266
E I T C stands for Educational Improvement Tax Credit.

1666
01:20:57,533 --> 01:20:58,934
- Thank you program. Supposed to,

1667
01:20:59,033 --> 01:21:00,300
I have a different acronym in my mind

1668
01:21:00,300 --> 01:21:02,233
that I can't get rid of. So

1669
01:21:02,500 --> 01:21:06,634
- Where the students on the transcript is the unweighted

1670
01:21:06,634 --> 01:21:07,867
and weighted GPA.

1671
01:21:08,166 --> 01:21:09,500
- Thank you so much. They're both on there.

1672
01:21:10,033 --> 01:21:11,533
Would that be on PowerSchool then?

1673
01:21:14,500 --> 01:21:17,033
- Keep asking. Keep asking.

1674
01:21:18,100 --> 01:21:19,066
- That's a good improvement.

1675
01:21:19,233 --> 01:21:20,467
That's a big improvement though.

1676
01:21:20,834 --> 01:21:22,467
A good one. That will help kids a lot with their

1677
01:21:22,467 --> 01:21:23,266
- Applications. I'll find out

1678
01:21:23,266 --> 01:21:24,266
- For you.

1679
01:21:24,266 --> 01:21:28,567
Oh, right. CTC. Is that all from for you Deb?

1680
01:21:28,634 --> 01:21:31,066
Yes. Okay. CTC we're,

1681
01:21:31,367 --> 01:21:34,000
we have our first online meeting on Wednesday

1682
01:21:35,100 --> 01:21:38,333
and our in person all

1683
01:21:39,066 --> 01:21:40,767
L-A-C-O-A-C meeting is,

1684
01:21:40,934 --> 01:21:42,634
I think now scheduled for November 4th.

1685
01:21:43,934 --> 01:21:46,066
So hopefully Jen can come with me

1686
01:21:49,266 --> 01:21:51,266
for CACs athletics.

1687
01:21:51,333 --> 01:21:52,333
Deb or Rebecca?

1688
01:21:53,900 --> 01:21:57,367
- Nothing scheduled. - Okay. Facilities. Amy and Rob,

1689
01:21:58,033 --> 01:21:59,033
- We haven't met.

1690
01:21:59,734 --> 01:22:04,066
- Alright. Finance. Rebecca or Jackie who's online.

1691
01:22:04,066 --> 01:22:05,567
We haven't met. Haven't met. All right.

1692
01:22:05,567 --> 01:22:06,634
School health and safety.

1693
01:22:08,867 --> 01:22:09,934
- We have one scheduled.

1694
01:22:10,100 --> 01:22:14,066
It's coming up, but it's like a October. Thank you.

1695
01:22:14,100 --> 01:22:18,133
- Okay. And technology is quarterly, so Jesse

1696
01:22:18,266 --> 01:22:20,100
and I haven't have no updates there.

1697
01:22:22,133 --> 01:22:24,066
So that concludes our agenda for this evening.

1698
01:22:24,066 --> 01:22:25,567
Looking ahead to future meetings,

1699
01:22:25,634 --> 01:22:28,934
we have on October 5th, 2026, the committee

1700
01:22:28,934 --> 01:22:31,533
of the whole regular board meeting here at 7:00 PM in the

1701
01:22:31,533 --> 01:22:34,734
Panorama Village boardroom on October 20th, 2026

1702
01:22:35,433 --> 01:22:38,867
is the policy development committee meeting at 10:30 AM here

1703
01:22:38,867 --> 01:22:40,133
in the Panorama Village boardroom.

1704
01:22:40,734 --> 01:22:43,233
And then on October 21st, 2026,

1705
01:22:44,100 --> 01:22:46,133
we have a regular board meeting that is a Wednesday

1706
01:22:46,834 --> 01:22:49,367
at 7:00 PM here in the Panorama Village boardroom.

1707
01:22:50,133 --> 01:22:51,834
I would now like to Adjourn this meeting at

1708
01:22:51,834 --> 01:22:53,634
the State College Area School dis? Yep. We

1709
01:22:53,634 --> 01:22:54,734
- Have policy tomorrow.

1710
01:22:55,133 --> 01:22:57,567
- Oh, you have policy tomorrow too? So that will be

1711
01:22:58,100 --> 01:23:00,734
- At 10:30 AM - September, is it 15th?

1712
01:23:00,734 --> 01:23:04,367
15th, yes. Okay. So September 15th, 2026.

1713
01:23:04,367 --> 01:23:07,266
Policy development committee will be at 10 30 here in the

1714
01:23:07,266 --> 01:23:08,300
Panorama Village Boardroom.

1715
01:23:08,300 --> 01:23:11,634
Thank you. Alright, in that case, I would now like

1716
01:23:11,634 --> 01:23:13,834
to Adjourn this meeting in the State College area School

1717
01:23:14,066 --> 01:23:15,100
District Board of Directors.

1718
01:23:15,100 --> 01:23:16,300
Have a good evening everyone.

1719
01:23:54,000 --> 01:23:56,634
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